The Beliefs and Attitudes of General Practitioners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101722 |
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| Authors | D L Crombie (Birmingham City University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 92-93 |
| Publication date | 1963-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-196304000-00009 |
| OpenAlex | W2063470735 |
| Language | EN |
It would be generally agreed that a doctor's attitude to his work, his fellow men and life in general must influence his efficiency in dispensing medical care. In general practice where the personal relationship between the patient and the doctor is so important this influence must be particularly marked. Wolfe' has attempted an evaluation of this problem in an exploratory study of general practitioners' attitudes in Urbanville, Canada. His assessment was based on the answers which 30, self-selected practitioners gave to 42 different questions in interviews which averaged just under three hours. He assumed that certain attitudes were beneficial
Exploratory research · Family medicine · General practice · Medical care · Medical education · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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