Conflict, Culture and Identity in GP Training (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811929632)

This book explores the identity work and conflicted perspectives of general practitioner (GP) trainees working in hospitals in the UK. Drawing on empirical and theoretical scholarship, and privileging the analysis of social language-in-use, Johnston describes primary care medicine as a separate paradigm with its own philosophy, identity and practice. Casting primary and secondary care in historical conflict, the perceived lower status of primary care in the world of medicine is explored. Significant identity challenges ensue for GP trainees positioned at the coalface of conflict. Problematising structures of GP training and highlighting how complex historical power dynamics play out in medical training, the author advocates for radical change in how GPs are trained in order to manage the current primary care recruitment and retention crisis.

Author: Jennifer L. Johnston
ISBN-10: 9811929637
ISBN-13: 9789811929632
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2022
Pages: 83
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d