ABSTRACT
Ann McPherson trained at The Caversham Group Practice Kentish town and also in the United States where she was awarded an MA Harvard University. In 1978, she was awarded Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners with distinction, and a year later she began working at 19 Beaumont St. Practice in Oxford, where she became a partner and worked until she retired in 2007. During her career as a general practitioner, McPherson became known amongst hospital consultants for her astute diagnostic skills. On one occasion she insisted that the hospital admit a lady whom she had correctly diagnosed with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Alongside her accomplishments as a clinician, McPherson also earned a reputation for making medicine accessible. In addition to The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak, McPherson continued to make health accessible via her literary career. McPherson was also responsible for founding the charity Database of Individual Patient Experiences with her friend Andrew Herxheimer, a clinical pharmacologist.
