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It is so interesting talking with colleagues who have lived through the various changes to the health system since the 1980s about which I have written in my latest book Terminal Decline. Some were actually part of the meeting in May 1984 during which doctors decided to stop work in protest against the changes that were happening to Medicare. Many, who have read the book have indicated that...
I'm sitting here in my rooms thinking about a patient I saw recently. John (let's call him John) is an elderly man with early dementia. His wife of 51 years looks after him. She gets up at 2am when he's wandering about the house trying to find the toilet. She showers him, dresses him and cooks for him. She cleans up the messes he makes. He sometimes doesn't recognise her and abuses her thinking...
