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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2020

Finding meaning in the consultation: introducing the hermeneutic window.

Rupal Shah, Robert Clarke, Sanjiv Ahluwalia, John Launer

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 'We Don't Have to Prove to People How We're Feeling': Understanding the Role of Peer Support Groups in Countering Epistemic Injustices in Long COVID at a US Centre.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  2. Measuring meaning.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
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  3. Finding meaning in the consultation: supporting the hermeneutic window in practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2022
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  4. A crisis of identity: what is the essence of general practice?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021
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  5. Finding meaning in the consultation: working in the hermeneutic window.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rupal ShahEducation Lead Professional Development, Health Education England, London. Email: rupal.shah@hee.nhs.uk.
Robert ClarkeGP and independent medical educator, Hertfordshire.
Sanjiv AhluwaliaHealth Education England, London.
John LaunerHealth Education England, London.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Referral and ConsultationHermeneuticsHumans

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PMID33004369
PMCPMC7518895

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