The Friendly Professional: Selected Writings of Thurstan Brewin

Abstract

Ed Gareth Rees Eurocommunica, £9.99, pp 154 ISBN 1 898763 05 4 After listening to my exposition on the finer points of teaching doctors how best to communicate with their patients, the professor of oncology in my department politely told me that I had missed the point. He asserted that communication problems were not merely related to the possession of impoverished skills. A far deeper and more serious issue lay at their core; too many doctors did not actually like their patients enough as people. The following day The Friendly Professional arrived on my desk for review. In this …