Book description
This book is an essential tool in the management of your most important
asset: your good health. Dr Gillian Deakin outlines the most common
pitfalls in health care and details how patients can communicate
effectively with medical professionals and get the treatment they need
to be healthy and free themselves of worrying pain or life-threatening
disease. Gillian Deakin has spent her career exploring different
treatment methods and different ways of healing. She brings a
scientific, evidence-based approach to all her medicine and is
passionate about seeking proof of all treatments, whether medical or
alternative. Dr Deakin is a strong supporter of a broad approach, using
both orthodox and complementary methods, and a reassuringly practical
understanding of health problems and how to heal effectively. 101 Things
Your GP Would Tell You is an indispensable hands-on guide to negotiating
the management of your health. From practical information on how to
communicate with your doctor, to definitive outlines of evidence-based
strategies in remaining disease-free, to a debunking of many common
myths in medicine. Doctor Gillian Deakin was born and raised in
Sydney, the seventh of nine children. Her physician father provided the
family with a health focus unusual for the sixities: homegrown food,
daily aerobics and cold showers. She completed her medical degree at the
University of Sydney in 1980. After extensive travelling, Gillian
undertook three years of post-graduate research with the Baker Medical
Research Institute, including a year at Davis Station in Antarctica that
led to her Doctorate of Medicine from Monash University in Melbourne.
She then went on to complete a Master's Degree in Public Health at the
University of Sydney. With her husband, the actor Chris Haywood, and
their two young children, Gillian travelled overseas to work in
Kiribati, a tropical paradise with extremely poor health standards.
Returning to Sydney, Gillian has worked mainly as a general
practitioner. Monthly clinics with the Royal Flying Doctor Service
provide insight into health in a rural setting. As an examiner for the
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners she promotes a high
standard of care in general practice for Australians. Gillian also has
training in nutrition, environmental medicine and acupuncture. She is a
regular practitioner of yoga and meditation and has an organic vegetable
garden and free-range chickens at her home in Bondi. Gillian has
incorporated this broad approach to health in her work by establishing a
multidisciplinary health centre, which delivers a range of services
beyond general practice, including psychology, acupuncture, Ayuvedic
medicine, physiotherapy and massage.
