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Family Practice Vol. 17, No. 2, 211-212
© Oxford University Press 2000

Book reviews

The practice of counselling in primary care.

Sally Hull

GP in Stepney, East London, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Queen Mary and Westfield College.

Robert Bor, Damian McCann (eds). (263 pages, paperback £15.99, hardback £45.) Sage Publications Ltd, 1999. ISBN paperback 0-7619-5880-0, hardback 0-7619-5879-7.

Counselling skills for doctors.
Sam Smith, Kingsley Norton. (144 pages, paperback £12.99, hardback £40.) Open University Press, 1999. ISBN paperback 0-335-20014-1, hardback 0-335-20015-X.

Reading these books together illustrates that there is usually something to be gained from looking at a familiar topic from a different perspective. The Practice of Counselling in Primary Care describes the process of counsellors becoming integrated members of the general practice team—but from the counsellor's point of view. Counselling Skills for Doctors examines what knowledge, skills and techniques are a core part of our everyday work as a doctor—whether in specialist or general practice. Neither book takes up a clear theoretical position; for both, the theory is assumed, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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