List size and patient contact in general medical practice.

The importance of list size and consultation length as factors in general practice.

It is commonly believed that longer consultations are essential to better care and that this can only be achieved by lowering list sizes. The results of a survey of general practitioner trainers show that, on average, the time given to each patient was longer when general practitioners had lower list sizes, but that for a substantial minority of doctors list size played no part. Although the ev...

Medical audit in general practice.

Increasing interest is being shown in the standards of medical care in general practice. The method of measuring these standards, known as medical audit, is discussed in relation to general practice in Great Britain.

General Medical Practice

it here. This doctor is one of four in partnership, with his own panel of 2,000 patients and about the same number of private patients. He has a surgery built for the purpose in the garden of his house, with a waiting room to seat 30 and a consulting room and a dispensary. His wife, a trained nurse, acts as nurse receptionist, does dressings, assists in dispensing, keeps the appointment book, g...

Depression and suicide in general medical practice.

Continuing medical education in general practice.

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