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Jun 27, 2024 | bjgp.org | Elke Hausmann |salaried GP

Some years ago, I wrote a reflection on Lucy Foulkes’ book entitled What Mental Illness Really Is … (And What It Isn’t) for a GP appraisal.1 A year later, having already written some book reviews for the BJGP, I was reminded of this reflection at a time when selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were in the news again, this time in relation to doctors not having warned patients about the possibility of certain side effects, including severe withdrawal symptoms.

Mar 27, 2024 | bjgp.org | Tasneem Khan |salaried GP

‘Wherefore refers to the cause underlying an action or situation … Juliet is not asking Romeo “where” he is, she is asking “for what reason” he is.’ This is how the late Professor Carpenter began my first ever physiology lecture. He explained how the term ‘wherefore’, meaning ‘for what reason’, is one of the most fundamental questions we must ask in medicine.

Feb 29, 2024 | bjgp.org | Elke Hausmann |salaried GP |David Servan-Schreiber

David Servan-Schreiber Rodale Press, 2004, HB, 288pp, £26.18, 978-1579549022This must be a first — a book review in English for a French book that I have read in the German translation. First of all, don’t be put off by the title, it is a complete misnomer.

Dec 28, 2023 | bjgp.org | Elke Hausmann |salaried GP |Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee Vintage, 2023, PB, 496pp, £10.99, 978-1529111781The poetic title, The Song of the Cell, sets the scene for this extraordinary book, which takes you on a journey that will reconnect you with the magic of ‘micro’-biology — I promise you, you will never look at an FBC in the same way again. Siddhartha Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University, a cancer physician and researcher, and the author of previous books on topics including genes and cancer.