First steps: Where to begin when a patient presents with their ‘shopping list’

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First steps: Where to begin when a patient presents with their ‘shopping list’

The registrar panel

This month, our panel discusses how to deal with the “shopping list”. If you are a GPEP registrar and have a question for the panel, please email smaude@nzdoctor.co.nz

QI have patients who come in with a “list” of problems but have strong views on what should be dealt with first. I disagree, and think we should prioritise something different. What is your advice about how to deal well with this?

STEVE BROWN – GP in Rangiora since 1983 and practising at Durham Health, A: There is little that annoys me more than our nanny state, the lack of personal responsibility, the infiltrating socialism; and now this seems to be, Steve Brown, Steve Brown