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George Winter

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Freelance journalist and Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Winner of Opinion Category at the 2007 Irish Medical Media Awards. Author of 'Clinical Virology: a guide for practitioners', published in 1999 by Emap Healthcare.

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Comfort viewing can be uncomfortable

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By Sarah Fitzgibbon, Lucia Gannon, George Winter
| The Medical Independent
iStock.com/skynesher The trend for nostalgia TV on the streaming services is both comforting and confronting. Reruns of laugh-out-loud telly – Absolutely Fabulous, Friends, Father Ted – that bring me back to the skanky flat I lived in while I was in college. I encourage my teenage children to watch with me – “You’ll love this! It’s hilarious! Wait till you see what happens when Eddie and Pats go to France!” I start laughing before the opening credits have finished.
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What you can’t teach

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By Lucia Gannon, George Winter, Muiris Houston 
| The Medical Independent
iStock.com/sturti In relation to general practice, I’ve learned some lessons only come from experience I am going to put myself on the line here and say that, after many years as a GP teacher, I have come to believe that general practice cannot be taught. Amassing, distilling, and imparting the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to be a GP is like trying to funnel the ocean through a narrow channel.
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George Winter | Irish Medical news

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By George Winter, Catherine Reilly , David Lynch 
| The Medical Independent
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