ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners1996
Chronic disease or physical disability? The role of the general practitioner.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Does the health status of chronically ill patients predict their judgements of the quality of general practice care?Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 1997Article
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Abstract
There has been a lack of discussion and consensus as to what the role of the general practitioner should be in the care of patients with chronic diseases. Should general practitioners concentrate on the disease or should their remit include the resultant disability and handicap? General practitioners have tended to concentrate on the disease, but this may be inappropriate. For many disabled people, their general practitioner is their only source of health care and is the gatekeeper to other services. Greater knowledge among doctors of the functional and social aspects of disease would therefore improve the quality of care for patients, and should be assessed through clinical audit. Ways are described in which general practitioners, working together with their patients with chronic diseases and with other health professionals, can improve aspects of the care of these patients.
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