The person, not the problem: A conversation with Dr. Alan Ng Cheng Hin

In a time of rapid change and many challenges in the practice of family medicine, how do we maintain the heart of our discipline – our deep relationships with our patients? Join CFP Editor Dr. Nick Pimlott and Associate Editor Dr. David Ponka in conversation with Dr. Alan Ng Cheng Hin from the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Ng is the author of the second essay in the series “Foundations for Tomorrow” entitled “Ian McWhinney and the doctor-patient relationship” in the February issue of the journal (https://www.cfp.ca/content/cfp/72/2/84.full.pdf). 

Listeners interested in some of the books discussed in the podcast can find them at these links: “A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor” by John Berger (https://canongate.co.uk/books/2244-a-fortunate-man-the-story-of-a-country-doctor/); “A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor’s Story” by Polly Morland (https://www.pollymorland.com/books/a-fortunate-woman/); “McWhinney’s Textbook of Family Medicine” revised by Thomas R. Freeman (https://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199370689.html); and “Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method” by Moira Stewart et al. (https://www.routledge.com/Patient-Centered-Medicine-Transforming-the-Clinical-Method/Stewart-Brown-Weston-Freeman-Ryan-McWilliam-McWhinney/p/book/9781032480596).

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