The Inner Physician

In this final volume of his best-selling 'Inner' trilogy, Roger Neighbour explores the relationship between a doctor's professional and private selves. He suggests the mind of every doctor retains an untrained 'ordinary human being' part - their Inner Physician - which makes an important, though often neglected, contribution to medical practice.

Roger Neighbour practised as a GP in Hertfordshire for 30 years and was for many years a trainer and course organiser. He was the RCGP's Chief Examiner from 1997 to 2002 and its President from 2003 to 2006. In 2011 he was made an OBE for services to medical education.

1. Beginner's mind. 2. A backwards glance. 3. Inchworms and also-rans. 4. The medical gaze. 5. The illness catastrophe. 6. The case for big picture medicine. 7. 'What's the matter?'. 8. As long as you think of it. 9. Crichton's switch. 10. Through Johari's window. 11. The Greeks had a word for it. 12. In praise of innersense.