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ArticleIrish journal of medical science2007

'Breaking up is hard to do': perspectives of general practitioners and patients towards removals from GP lists.

M Clarke, D L Whitford, F O'Reilly

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Article in Irish journal of medical science, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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M ClarkeDepartment of Family Medicine and General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
D L Whitford
F O'Reilly

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backgroundThe numbers of removals of patients from General Practitioner lists in Ireland is increasing and is a cause for some concern.

aimsTo examine the views of both general practitioners and patients toward removals of patients from general practitioner lists.

methodsQuestionnaire survey to general practitioners in North Inner City Dublin who had removed patients from their list over a 1-year period (n = 45) and to the patients they had removed (n = 86). Follow up semi structured interviews were carried out with five general practitioners and ten patients.

resultsFor doctors, the decision to remove a problematic patient from their list is generally a positive experience, providing relief and being associated with certainty in both the decision and the process. For the patient, being removed from a GP's list is a negative experience, stressful and confusing.

conclusionsThere is a need for the development of a clear responsive, transparent and supportive system for removing patients from a GP list.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelPhysician-Patient RelationsAdultFamily PracticeFemaleHumansIrelandMalePatientsPatient SatisfactionRefusal to Treat

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