TY - JOUR T1 - ‘Only connect’ … relationships and GP life JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 383 LP - 383 DO - 10.3399/bjgp22X720305 VL - 72 IS - 721 AU - Andrew Papanikitas Y1 - 2022/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/72/721/383.abstract N2 - ‘No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less … ’ wrote the poet John Donne.1 The idea that people are connected in fundamental ways is echoed by EM Forster in the novel Howards End with its infamous epigraph, ‘Only connect’.2 Fans of The House of God author Samuel Shem will also recognise the emphasis on connection throughout his medical and non-medical fiction.3 British GPs also endorse the idea of connecting with others through holistic practice and therapeutic relationships. Theories of relationship-based care have been adopted by the Royal College of General Practitioners.4When … ER -