ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2006
GPs' attitudes to personal continuity: findings from everyday practice differ from postal surveys.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- What do patients and clinicians think about continuity in general practice in England? a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026Article
- Up close and personal? Continuing pressure on the doctor-patient relationship in the QOF era.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006Article
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Abstract
We conducted a study in which we measured GPs' attitudes towards personal continuity directly after consultations, and identified which factors predicted its perceived importance. Moreover, we related these data to attitudes as measured by a postal survey. GPs varied considerably in their attitudes towards personal continuity. Continuity was valued for serious and psychosocial issues and also for routine checks for a chronic illness. There was no relation whatsoever between the importance that individual GPs attached to continuity after consultations, and their scores on the postal survey.
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