What Is a Doctor? - A GP's Prescription for the Future of the NHS

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: POPULAR SCIENCE 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. Taking insight from his thirty-year career as a GP, Dr Whitaker offers a unique perspective on the medical movements and societal changes that have transformed the role of doctor, and suggests what could be done to save the future of the NHS.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Phil Whitaker
• Editore: Canongate Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9781838858001
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-800-1
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Medicine, General practice, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Family & General Practice, MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine, United Kingdom, Great Britain, General Practice / Family Medicine