Episode 244: Deprivation

Deprivation will affect our patients no matter which specialty we choose. It is a vast and multifaceted problem, often the root cause of our patients ill health, and yet often goes underappreciated in the high pressure of hospital medicine. Dr Shilpa Sisodia joins Dr Thomas Bond once again to break down how difficult deprivation can make it for patients to improve their help, and talks about some things we can do to support them.