TY - JOUR T1 - Is this really doctoring? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 455 LP - 455 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X712445 VL - 70 IS - 698 AU - Giles Dawnay Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/698/455.abstract N2 - Giles DawnayIn a 2005 novel by Michel Houellebecq, Daniel24, like his fellow humans, now lives out his existence in a small room with an internet connection that gives access to all his needs. Climate change and nuclear war have meant that this is all that is possible. He is the 24th version of Daniel who once existed at the turn of the millennia. In The Possibility of an Island,1 humanity has found a way to continue.Uncomfortable echoes of our new work environment perhaps? It would be true to say that coronavirus has done a very good job of forcing our hand in regards to the technology that we already had available to us.Video calling and online conferencing have proved remarkably adept … ER -