How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations

Citation

(2001), "How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 14 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2001.06214dae.010

How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations

How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations

Wilke, G. with Freeman, S.Radcliffe Medical Press2001ISBN 0 471 491 56X (hardback) 0 471 491 578 (paperback)

The book analyses the various reforms of the past decade, and picks apart the culture of politeness, conflict avoidance and rivalry for power, to reveal how at the core of reform is the struggle for each GP to construct a new professional identity which integrates medicine, management and politics. It proposes ways GPs can use their own experiences to become equipped with the necessary competencies to be active members or dynamic leaders in their locality.

The doctor-patient relationship is no longer one-to-one, but located within a group matrix, in the same way that a GP is now required to work within a group framework. The book is intended to help GPs develop the essential group skills they now need.