Scrubbing Up

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Doctor consoling a young woman
A leading doctor urges medics to give franker advice to patients in the last stage of their life.

We need ways not just to meet the basic needs of the elderly, but also to restore some pleasure to their life.

Behavior experts suggest how demand for GP appointments could be better managed.

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Away with the riff-raff who clog surgeries with their self-inflicted maladies or hypochondria.

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