There is a risk of creating the impression that the difference between overcoming cancer and succumbing to it is a patient’s willpower and discipline.
IT probably could be considered a prerequisite for general practice: the must-have for any doctor considering the specialty would be a genuine interest in people and what makes them tick.
I’d like to believe that proclaiming such an interest is a reflection of my inquisitive mind or my unquenchable thirst for knowledge, but I suspect it just means I’m nosey.
And so, perhaps, it comes as no surprise that I am completely intrigued by the drama currently being played out in the pages of the
Medical Journal of Australia
by the duelling Mrs Gawlers.
For those of you that have missed it,...
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