TY - JOUR T1 - Human wisdom as a source of hope JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 22 LP - 22 DO - 10.3399/bjgp23X731589 VL - 73 IS - 726 AU - Andrew Papanikitas Y1 - 2023/01/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/73/726/22.abstract N2 - This time last year I suggested that we needed a mundane revolution — a better awareness of primary health care’s effect in and on the world that would go hand-in-hand with a change for the better.1This year I would like to suggest that we need to recognise the ‘embodied’ or ‘peopled’ nature of primary health care in the UK and abroad — patients, practitioners, and policymakers are complex ‘storied’ beings. I have argued that ‘they’ are also ‘us’ — and to forget this is to accept the commodification and even demonisation of humanity.2 This is especially important as things have not really improved in the UK or the world over the last year, with a war on the borders of Europe, and manifold crises of poverty in the UK. Many of the existential threats to humanity have been inadequately addressed if at all. We need to understand and value ourselves and each other to … ER -