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| Copying letters to patients with Parkinson's disease | | Author(s) | Sylvia O'Hanlon, Annette Hand, Brian Wood |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 38, no 12, December 2008 |
| Pages | pp 645-649 |
| Keywords | Parkinson's disease ; General practitioners ; Communication ; Patients ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Northumberland. |
| Annotation | The Parkinson's disease service in Northumbria Health Care Trust has offered patients copies of letters to their general practitioner (GP) since the Department of Health (DH) implemented its policy on this subject in April 2004. After 18 months, a survey was undertaken of this service among patients, medical staff and secretaries. Findings were very positive and encouraging, and fit well with previous studies. Almost all patients who responded thought that getting a copy of their letter is a good idea and most could not think of circumstances when they would not want a copy. The authors believe that copying medical communications has more benefits than disadvantages, and they would encourage all health-care professionals to adopt this policy. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090107206 A |
| Classmark | CR6: QT6: U: LF: DP: 3F: 8NU |
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