by Saruabh Jha
New England Journal of Medicine 11.22.18
There was a time when
doctors knew their patients and their patients’ families. Medicine, then, was
not a team sport: the buck ended with the GP. Saurabh Jha’s essay about his father
in the New England Journal of Medicine is brilliant reminder of a time
that has, to a large extent, disappeared.
His physician
father in England understood his
Pakistani patient “not just because he was fluent in Urdu: as a migrant
himself, he understood that most people from the Indian subcontinent - Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike - don’t see doctors unless they are ill and don’t take their medications unless
they have symptoms."
His father’s “patient trusted him because he believed my
father genuinely cared about him.”
This is a moving piece that many of you will appreciate. Link to Doctor Sahib.
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