QJM Advance Access originally published online on May 4, 2007
QJM 2007 100(6):393-394; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcm029
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A suitable case for treatment
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In August 1982, I finished a six-month stint as a senior house officer in obstetrics, and brought my career as a hospital doctor to an end. Since then, I have worked mainly in general practice and as an educator. I have only had the typical contacts that you would expect a GP to have with the world of hospital medicine. However, a few months ago I was asked to design some training for hospital consultants in how to carry out clinical supervision effectively. Since then, I have been visiting acute hospitals