TY - JOUR T1 - Tools JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 70 LP - 70 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X662948 VL - 63 IS - 607 AU - Hugh Dinwoodie Y1 - 2013/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/607/70.1.abstract N2 - For the last decade or two general practice, indeed medicine in general, has been manufacturing ‘tools’ as if a 21st century industrial revolution was under way. Am I alone in my distaste and negative reactions, feeling that in most cases the word ‘tool’ is now used in a most ignorant and inappropriate way? Most patients know exactly what tools are, and use them to good effect in the real world. (I once used a tendon hammer, before I retired: a … ER -