Description
| Product ID: | 9781789388398 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Global Health Humanities |
| Title: | Fighting for the Soul of General Practice |
| Subtitle: | The Algorithm Will See You Now |
| Authors: | Author: Jens Foell, Rupal Shah |
| Page Count: | 258 |
| Subjects: | Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Doctor / patient relationship, General practice / Family medicine, Doctor/patient relationship, General practice |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This collection of stories from two practising GPs describes the reality of working within a failing and highly bureaucratic system, where there is a balancing act: regulation versus relationships; autonomy versus standard practice; algorithm versus individual attention. We aren’t suggesting a return to a ‘better’ time. We don’t object to being bureaucrats, embedded within and accountable to the systems we are in. But we do want to consider how and with what the gap left by the old-fashioned GP has been filled. We use stories based on our experience to describe the effect of different facets of bureaucracy on our ability to maintain a nuanced, individualised approach to each patient and encounter; and to question the prominence and effect of protocol. We are interested in the way professional relationships are influenced by protocol: between and within organisations; and most importantly with patients/clients/service users.. We are accustomed nowadays to automated telephone lines, chatbots, website FAQs- the frustration of being unable to connect with another human being who will listen to our particular question and give us something other than a generic answer. The same issues that are facing society at large have changed the way in which we work as GPs and the care we give. |
| Imprint Name: | Intellect Books |
| Publisher Name: | Intellect Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-01-22 |
