TY - JOUR T1 - On re-reading Trollope JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 488 LP - 488 VL - 55 IS - 515 AU - Hilary De Lyon Y1 - 2005/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/55/515/488.abstract N2 - The first time I read Trollope's Barsetshire novels was not long after I completed my English degree. At the time I had no particular knowledge of, or interest in, medicine or general practice, other than as a patient. On returning to Doctor Thorne1 a few weeks ago, I was fascinated to discover Trollope's description of Dr Thorne at the start of the novel. Trollope wishes to explore the social attitudes towards and between GPs and physicians; and naturally he focuses on attitudes to money.When I joined the College 2.5 years ago I was rather baffled by references made to GPs' interest in money. Frankly, it seemed to me rather obvious that GPs, like all of us, were interested in their remuneration. In previous posts I had worked with other professionals including, for example, lawyers, and they were certainly interested in money. Indeed, had you asked me 3 years ago which doctors I considered were most interested in their income, I would have assumed that it was consultants, since most of them have private patients. But gradually I began to … ER -