TY - JOUR T1 - The medical care practitioner: Newspeak and the duping of the public JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 229 LP - 229 VL - 55 IS - 512 AU - David L Child Y1 - 2005/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/55/512/229.1.abstract N2 - Iona Heath's leading article 'The medical care practitioner: Newspeak and the duping of the public1 has real merit in its defence of the role of the well trained, experienced general medical practitioner. However, it is deficient in that it is unclear whether she is taking offence at Newspeak itself or the planned development of a new tier of clinician by the Modernisation Agency. If it is the latter then she should think again.General practice has changed out of all recognition in the last 50 years, partly as a result … ER -