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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 237281" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I have always said, the most important thing to have in your medical team is a good, understanding, capable and communicative GP, to be the spider at the centre of the web. The GP doesn't have to know it all, he just has to be sympathetic and persistent, and write the referrals to whoever's expert assistence you need, for this part or that part of the problem. The GP also is the one to get all the letters back from specialists and to keep everything neatly on file.</p><p></p><p>A good GP needs to be cultivated, coddled, supported, nurtured and valued. The more specialised a specialist, the more they can get away with rudeness, with being unpleasant to you, with not believing you and having a bedside manner that would make House look like a beatnik on valium. We see specialists for specific reasons, dealing with a fragment of the problem. Only a good GP can deal with the whole person and do it effectively.</p><p></p><p>I had a brilliant GP (he left general practice, otherwise I'd still have him). He referred me to a gynaecologist for a relevant problem, but I had trouble with that bloke (even though he was a good friend of my GP's). Without even batting an eyelid, my GP found someone else for me and wrote the referral.</p><p>He did this sort of thing all the time, for me and for his other patients.</p><p></p><p>Blood worth bottling!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 237281, member: 1991"] I have always said, the most important thing to have in your medical team is a good, understanding, capable and communicative GP, to be the spider at the centre of the web. The GP doesn't have to know it all, he just has to be sympathetic and persistent, and write the referrals to whoever's expert assistence you need, for this part or that part of the problem. The GP also is the one to get all the letters back from specialists and to keep everything neatly on file. A good GP needs to be cultivated, coddled, supported, nurtured and valued. The more specialised a specialist, the more they can get away with rudeness, with being unpleasant to you, with not believing you and having a bedside manner that would make House look like a beatnik on valium. We see specialists for specific reasons, dealing with a fragment of the problem. Only a good GP can deal with the whole person and do it effectively. I had a brilliant GP (he left general practice, otherwise I'd still have him). He referred me to a gynaecologist for a relevant problem, but I had trouble with that bloke (even though he was a good friend of my GP's). Without even batting an eyelid, my GP found someone else for me and wrote the referral. He did this sort of thing all the time, for me and for his other patients. Blood worth bottling! Marg [/QUOTE]
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