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What Is a Doctor?
A GP's Prescription for the Future
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A damning portrait of political interference in medical treatment and the shift away from patient-centred care, as told by the stories and case studies across a GP's thirty-year career
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What Is a Doctor? is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free. Using stories and case studies from across his thirty-year career as a GP, Phil Whitaker offers insight into the medical movements, political interference, and societal changes that have transformed the role of a doctor over the past three decades.
Much has altered for the better, but even when based on good intentions, an equal or greater amount has been damaging and threatens the sustainability of the NHS. In examining what it means to be a doctor today, this book also answers an accompanying question: 'what is a patient?' - and how we can all take a more active role in our healthcare.
And looking forward, Dr Whitaker describes what might yet be done to restore the NHS and its capacity for properly patient-centred care.
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What Is a Doctor? by Dr Phil Whitaker receives praise for its insightful examination of the challenges facing the NHS, with a focus on the pressures from politics and economics. The book is described as essential reading for those interested in the NHS's future, offering a thoughtful critique and hopeful perspectives on the need for individualised care. Reviewers highlight Whitaker's deep understanding of the medical profession, noting his wisdom, kindness and proposals for revitalising healthcare.
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ISBN: 9781838857974
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 144.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 433g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Dr Phil Whitaker is a practising GP and has been so for over thirty years. He is the author of several books and the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Betty Trask Award and the RSL Encore Award. He is the medical editor of the New Statesman. He lives in Wiltshire.@pwhitakerwriter | philwhitaker.co.uk
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