When sociology informs medicine: the consultant neurologist
Consultant neurologist Bridget MacDonald talks to Kathy Oxtoby about how she incorporates sociology and anthropology into her medical practice Bridget MacDonald enjoys demystifying neurology for the patients she cares for and the doctors she trains. “I love being able to explain things in a way that people understand and that diffuses their anxieties,” she says. As a consultant neurologist with a special interest in epilepsy at Croydon University Hospital and St George’s Hospital in London, she is inspired by those in her care. “My patients have taught me so much—how they deal with t...