The ideal consultation
Having criticised, and criticised, I thought I should write something positive. So here is my dream of a consultation; what I would like my visit in a doctor’s surgery look like.
Serious Conversation Guide
I’ve been asked about the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (I’m afraid the link is not active any more and I cannot find the guide). I do comment on such documents with a heavy heart. I have no doubt that they are meant to help, to be useful. And probably they are. Yet, Amicus Plato, and all that.
What is suicide?
In the last 2 years, two friends of mine took their lives. Today I want to write about their suicides. I want to write about them, even though I know that part of my post is likely to be controversial. Continue reading “What is suicide?”
Can I break down, please?
I saw a ‘specialist doctor’ today, the one I described here. Again, the appointment started with a chat about us, foreigners, in the UK (I was quite surprised he remembered our earlier encounter) and then smoothly proceeded to the results of my tests. All was great until I asked: “Is it a waiting room?”