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Surviving Nightshifts
4am is not a normal time to be awake. It just isn't. The people who are awake at that time of night tend to fall into a few categories:...
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Striking Out: Why This Fight Isn’t About Money Anymore
Or: Why I’m Not on the Picket Line (Yet) Disclaimer time: I’m part of the BMA. Sometimes out of it, sometimes begrudgingly in. I’m...
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The Backstop Problem
Or: how every pathway somehow ends with “ask your GP” There’s a particular luxury I didn’t know was a luxury until I became a GP: having...
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Alone Together: The Quiet Fear in Medicine We Don't Talk About Enough
One of the recurring themes that emerged from the Sadness Cloud exercise we ran with the medical students was the word "isolated." And...
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Boundaries, Burnout, and Bullshit
I've been thinking a lot about boundaries lately. That alone probably sets off some amber lights. When people talk about "boundaries,"...
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So I Married a Nurse (and Other Clichés That Work)
I keep challenging myself to write more lifestyle stuff in this blog. Which is brave, really — because I hold absolutely no...
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