General Practice Murtagh -

Medical education often fails to teach that common diseases present in strange ways. Murtagh highlighted the "Masquerades Checklist." These are conditions that can mimic almost any other illness:

Before the book became a phenomenon, John Murtagh was a rural GP in Australia. He understood that unlike hospital specialists, the generalist does not have immediate access to CT scans, MRIs, or an army of registrars. The GP has their senses, a stethoscope, and a clinical framework. General Practice Murtagh