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From the Trainer
Assistant Director (GP), South East Scotland, UK
E-mail: Judith.Richardson@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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At some point in our lives we will become the patient. For most of us hopefully this will only be of a short duration with a minor self-limiting illness, but for others it may be with a more significant or enduring illness. My experience of being a patient has been mainly in relation to pregnancy.
As an elderly primigravada, I was at a higher risk of developing complications but with