OK. OK. Hotch's points are valid.
OK I don't have kids. I (usually) love seeing kids in my surgery. Being
young, and looking even younger, I find that I get on well with them.
Certainly as a trainee my lack of paeds experience really counted against
me, until I learnt to _play_ during the consultation.
>From my experience with family members with malignant melanoma, diabetes,
epilepsy and bipolar disorders, I feel I gained a real insight into these
illnesses. I feel a more empathetic GP when I've had a good night's sleep.
At other times I think I don't cope so well with screaming kids.
Having had an appendicectomy, benign tumour in my leg, I know what it's like
being in hospital. I think it also has helped me.
We are a combination of genes (mine obviously appalling) and our
environment. I would hope that all of us have gone through enough to be
able to empathise when we are on top of things, and when we aren't on top
of things to at least be able to listen and refer even for _acopia_ to the
paeds as I did today.
Dr G Mark Trowell
Highbridge Medical Centre
Pepperall Road
Highbridge
Somerset
TA9 3YA
Highbridge: A cemetery with lights
01278 783220
01278 795486 (Fax)
[log in to unmask]
Member of Sedgemoor Primary Care Group Project Group (SPCGPG)
SPCGPG representative to Somerset Health Authority
(Journalists: These are my personal views. As such they may not represent
the views of SPCGPG)
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of JMSager
Sent: 02 April 1998 13:32
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Branded drugs
In a message dated 01/04/98 19:04:19 GMT, you write:
<< So are you a better GP if you have kids? Does a midwife need to have had
>babies her(him)self? Should you have had Ca to work in oncology or the
>hospice? Should priests advise on married life? >>
ok ok .......I know when I'm beat ;-( We'll have to agree to disagree.
Regards
Jeremy
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|