Doctors at greater risk of depression
Sometimes very distressed doctors in the NHS do make the news – as with Daksha Emerson, a young psychiatrist who killed herself and her baby...
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Shortest consultation ever
Shortest consultation ever. An elderly gentleman walked into my consulting room and sat down. "Morning doctor." And good morning to you too I reply. And...
TV doctors can offer more than GPs
Dr Ian Campbell I don’t agree with Clare and in this matter you are wrong. I was first on TV many years ago when I...
Legal headache for medics
I am a hospital doctor who is thinking about leaving the profession I love. It is not because I doubt my calling, or because I am...
Heals on wheels
Aaminah Verity is a volunteer doctor who works with the international healthcare charity, Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde). She recently spent six weeks...
Medics under fire
Back in January when I first had the idea of a march to protest against the targeting of healthcare workers in warzones, I couldn’t have...
Who wants to be a GP?
I'm not sure I actually want to, however, this is my role. I am a human being sitting in a doctor's chair seeing patients in much...
Down in the swampy lowlands
Not so long ago, I found myself in the ‘swampy lowlands’ of general practice, a term devised by the philosopher, Donald Schon to describe those...
Talking about sex with doctors
"I don't know if I can do it." Jeremy seemed truly frightened. "My GP is a woman, and I can't talk to her about my...
Dear Doctor’s Diary: Nurses, Flirting & Favouritism
SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young...
