THE PARADOX OF PROGRESS
1998152 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 85775 063 2
ISBN-13 9781857750638
James Willis
Foreword by Professor James McCormick, Department of Community Health and General Practice, University of Dublin
Description
Just occasionally in medicine, as in life, you encounter original ideas whose truth you recognize instinctively despite the fact that they run counter to accepted wisdom. And when these ideas are expressed with such lucidity and illustrated with examples drawn from experience that you share, their force becomes overwhelming. General practice is the most vibrant and exciting branch of British medicine but radical and relentless change has resulted in a profound crisis of professional morale. This book rekindles the spirit that some have lost and explores the problem retaining respect for human values in an increasingly systemized world.
‘James Willis has written a book that is both delightful and important. It is delightful because it is full of the very stuff of general practice, not the technical problems of diagnosis and therapy, but the human problems of people in distress. It also provides a moving portrait of a man who loves his work. This is because he satisfies one of the few important criteria of being a general practitioner, ‘he likes the human race and likes it silly face’…This is, in many respects, a serious book, but the touch is so light and so often illuminated by wit, that reading it is a joy and the journey is fun. I would wish it the wide readership it deserves’
Review Quotes 'Highly readable' BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
'Sensitive, humorous and eminently readable, it offers the accumulated wisdom and vision of a deeply concerned doctor' BRITISH OF JOURNAL GENERAL PRACTICE
'The book can make you laugh and cry, but brings you back to the real reasons why people stay working in healthcare' HEALTH SERVICE JOURNAL
 Understanding Our distorted view of the world The distorted view of the specialist The myth of the ideal world Weekend Everything in life is relative Analogy The ocean of congruity Making progress Nature favours the generalist Good intentions Prescription Epilogue
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