The Inner Physician by Roger Neighbour
In this final volume of his best-selling 'Inner' trilogy, Roger Neighbour explores the relationship between a doctor's professional and private selves. He suggests that the mind of every doctor retains an untrained 'ordinary human being' part - their Inner Physician - which makes an important, though often neglected, contribution to medical practice. This 'Inner Physician', which he also describes as the 'amateur within' or the 'expert minus the expertise', plays a major role in diagnosis and treatment, and is the chief source of insight, empathy and clinical acumen. Roger shows that skilled use of the Inner Physician is one thing that distinguishes the generalist from the specialist.Roger Neighbour OBE MA MB BChir DSc FRCP FRCGP FRACGP Roger Neighbour OBE MA MB BChir DSc FRCP FRCGP FRACGP Roger Neighbour OBE MA MB BChir DSc FRCP FRCGP FRACGP Roger Neighbour OBE MA MB BChir DSc From 1974 through 2003, he worked as a GP in Abbot's Langley, Hertfordshire, after completing his vocational training in Watford. He worked for many years as a teacher and program director for the Watford Vocational Training Plan, as an MRCGP examiner for 20 years, and as Chief Examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners from 1997 to 2002. He was elected President of the Royal College of General Practitioners for a three-year term in 2003. He received an OBE in 2011 for services to medical education.
Roger became captivated with the psychology of consultation and the doctor-patient relationship in general practice after studying experimental psychology rather than biochemistry as an undergraduate. His 'Inside' trilogy, The Inner Consultation (1987), The Inner Apprentice (1992), and The Inner Physician (2016), was inspired by this fascination. I'm Too Hot Now, a collection of his medical and philosophical articles, was released in 2005. Roger continues to publish, teach, and lecture on consulting skills and medical education in the UK and around the world now that he has retired from clinical practice.
He is a semi-professional violinist who enjoys spending time in Normandy, where he has a second home.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780850844115 |
| ISBN 10 | 0850844118 |
| Title | The Inner Physician |
| Author | Roger Neighbour |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| Year published | 2018-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 350 |
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