Appointment: What Your Doctor Really Thinks During Your Ten-Minute Consultation

The Appointment is a book that provides an intimate and honest account of how a typical GP tries to make sense of a patient's health problems and manage them within the constraints of their health system and the short ten-minute appointment. It shines a light onto what is really going on in those central ten minutes and lets the reader get inside the mind of the person sitting in front of them.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Despite the prevailing trend towards empowering patients and granting them greater autonomy, the intricacies of medical practice largely remain shrouded in mystery, akin to a closed box. In reality, as the availability of health information on the internet expands, patients can often feel overwhelmed and perplexed.

The Appointment provides an intimate and candid portrayal of how a typical general practitioner navigates the complexities of understanding a patient's health concerns and managing them within the confines of their healthcare system and the limited duration of the ten-minute appointment.

We have always held a deep fascination with our own well-being, but in recent years, particularly among older individuals, visiting the GP has become a routine occurrence. Over the past decade, the average number of visits to a GP per patient has nearly doubled. Despite this growing demand, securing an appointment with a GP can sometimes be challenging, making those intimate ten minutes with the doctor invaluable. Within these moments, there is an ever-increasing need to pack in as much as possible.

The Appointment takes the reader on a journey through a typical morning surgery, shedding light on the inner workings of those crucial ten minutes and granting the reader a unique perspective by allowing them to delve into the mind of the person seated in front of them—the professional entrusted with their health.

Experienced GP Dr. Graham Easton offers a revealing insight into the thought processes of GPs, unveiling their professional strengths and weaknesses while also exposing the factors that shape their decisions regarding their patients' health.

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472136336