Katie
<<See: BJGP Dec 97 47 805-809 - in summary a dutch study that tried to
compare patient with doctor expectations on the role of a GP; not
surprisingly they don't always agree! Patients seem to want>>
Yeah I saw it---and a few others like it over the last five years. There
has been persistent confusion (misunderstanding? deliberate?) between
government's view of what patients want and what we should all be doing. I
would guess most English (and Irish and Welsh and Scottish) GPs would be
more in tune with what patients want. Problem is the amount of time and
emotional energy needed to handle their wants and gently educate them away
childish and unreasonable wants.
Declan
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