TY - JOUR T1 - Bad Medicine: Good medicine — the GP paramedic JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 314 LP - 314 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X691445 VL - 67 IS - 660 AU - Des Spence Y1 - 2017/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/660/314.abstract N2 - I am old school. I think that craft beers taste like urine, tofu tastes like polystyrene, and that posting your life all over social media is tasteless. I feel lucky to be a doctor; it’s a privilege not a burden. I also don’t buy into the idea that doctors are the most gifted and caring people in our society, because it just isn’t true. Becoming a doctor is much more about privilege than ability. The attributes of care, intelligence, and commitment are common among the wider population — which brings me to the GP recruitment crisis. Most doctors don’t want to be GPs because of the profession’s low status — and this is not going to change any time soon. In fact, the … ER -