General practice
Sir: The article by Vernon Coleman, 'General Practice ' (April 29), is not up to the usual standard of worthwhile comment in your esteemed weekly. It does not have sense or sensibility. It cannot have been written by someone who has had experience of medicine, either as a good general practitioner — dedicated to service of people in sickness or in health, or by a consultant just as dedicated, but with more specialised knowledge in a Possibly more limited field.
Neither the general practitioner nor the consultant (laboratory worker, etc.) has a monopoly of virtue. This article contributes nothing to the present struggle to improve communications between, and integration of, different branches of the Health Service.
Alison B. Semple The Dormers, 6 St Johnswood Terrace, West Park Road, Dundee
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