A Study of House Calls in the Practices of General Practitioners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9102556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Wayne Elford, Jayne Brown (0000-0002-9489-1654, Harvard University), J Whitney Brown, Leon S Robertson (0000-0002-1206-4496, Harvard University), Joel J Alpert (Harvard University), John Kosa (0000-0002-8034-0974, Harvard University) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-178 |
| Publication date | 1972-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1097/00005650-197203000-00006 |
| PMID | 5015414 |
| OpenAlex | W1984260432 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The literature pertaining to house calls has been reviewed. An attempt has been made to define some of the underlying factors that influence the decisionmaking process of a sample of general practitioners in making house calls. The percentage of house call contacts was significantly higher for persons receiving fragmented care, severely ill patients, the elderly, and for persons with emotionally charged diagnoses. In the majority of house calls, the home appeared to be the “elected site” for the patient contact, fitting meaningfully into the pattern of the physician's total practice. If the discipline of family medicine is going to be considered a specialty, it must strive to have more of its unique tools embody a scientific approach for action
Family medicine · House call · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Emotional Labor in Professions · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |