‘General practice’ – but is it? In search of a name that says who we are and what we do

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‘General practice’ – but is it? In search of a name that says who we are and what we do

7 June 2023

Lucy O'Hagan

Wednesday 7 June 2023, 12:30 AM

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The doctor was always “he”, usually the practice owner, and his staff worked “under” him [Image: George Marks on iStock]

The term ‘general practice’ no longer covers the breadth of the team to be found in the typical medical centre, writes Lucy O’Hagan

Language matters, because the way we use words represents how we see our world. When I was a medical student, language defaulted to male so that a

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