TY - JOUR T1 - Bad Medicine: Letters JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 87 LP - 87 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X694721 VL - 68 IS - 667 AU - Des Spence Y1 - 2018/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/667/87.abstract N2 - I am unapologetically common. I like fried breakfasts, football, cars, rock, and I can’t play any instruments. But medicine has an unspoken sophisticated cachet. We are clever, deeply thoughtful, ‘different’, and have a higher moral code than others — we are the best! Well, this is the professional projection but it simply isn’t true. We aren’t any brighter than others and certainly do not have a higher moral fibre. And our vanity is a problem; we don’t accept criticism and are deeply conservative when it comes to change. Even now, when general practice is on its knees, screaming out for change. Here’s a simple reform that … ER -