When you were the patient — how was it for you? An ancient Chinese proverb states ‘No one can be a good doctor without first having been ill themselves.’
We recently published a book What’s in a Story? Lessons from reflections in General Practice (reviewed in this Journal in June 2018, https://bjgp.org/content/68/671/287.3), in which nearly 100 GPs shared stories together with their learning points.
We are now in the process of compiling a book about doctors’ experiences as patients. Although many papers have been written on this subject, we believe this will be the first time a book recounting doctors’ personal experiences as patients, together with what they have learnt from the experiences, has ever been published.
We would be pleased to consider submissions ranging from a single paragraph to 1000 words.
Please visit bjgplife.com/doctors-patients for more information.
