Lucy O'Hagan

Doctor. Patients. Stories.

Writing

Understanding the realities of health inequities

https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/opinion/call-genuine-accountability-how-do-i-explain-health-equity-act-party-and-mr-luxon

To feel the sting of inequity punch you in the face

Unpacking my own unconcious racial bias.

It’s confronting stuff. Read here.

unconscious racial bias leaks out of me

Narrating Our Selves

How doctors create their identity through the stories they take part in.

Eric Elder memorial lecture, presented at RNZCGP conference 2016.

Read full article [PDF] or read full text on Journal of Primary Health Care

What stories do we need to speak, to create a new narrative.

Doing Telephone Consultations in my Socks

A reflection on doing consultations in lockdown

Read full article [PDF] or read full text on Journal of Primary Health Care

'Maybe I am a better doctor in my humble socks'

On not being Ashley

A reflection on how amazing Ashley Bloomfield is but my job is different to his…

'I confess...I often call my patients 'love' or 'lovely'

Some reflections on the complexity of being a rural GP.

O’Hagan Lucy (2023) Rural practice. The challenges and rewards of living and working in the same community. Journal of Primary Health Care 15, 93-95.

Read full article [PDF] or read full text on Journal of Primary Health Care

'Your patients also teach your kids, fix your car, do your accounts.'

Great to do a bit of chatting and thinking and writing with Kyle Eggleton…

O’Hagan Lucy, Eggleton Kyle (2023) How does cultural safety embed into our consultation models? A critical reflection. Journal of Primary Health Care 15, 4-5.

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'Critical reflection involves the decolonization of the practitioner'

Lucy O'Hagan

Doctor. Patients. Stories.

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