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The general practitioner and older people
— strategies for more effective home visits? | | Author(s) | Sandra Carlisle, Harriet Hudson |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 5, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 365-374 |
| Keywords | Home visits [doctors] ; General practitioners ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Community care ; Social surveys ; Pilot ; Tayside. |
| Annotation | This paper, based on findings from a pilot research project funded by the Primary Health Care Development Fund in Scotland, examined home visiting patterns by general practitioners (GPs) to older people in Tayside following the community care reforms. The research confirms that community care changes have not to date effected a significant shift in GP perceptions, which are that the probable destiny of frail older people is to enter some kind of residential setting. How and why GPs label certain patients as a 'problem' is examined. The authors suggest that such patients are seen as having a 'moral career'. The solution may be to recommend that 'problem' patients enter residential or nursing home care. The research identifies a point at which doctors could usefully refer to other agencies. A model for communication or collaboration is suggested as a way of enabling GPs to continue providing sensitive and individually appropriate care for frail older patients. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971117008 A |
| Classmark | L5H: QT6: TOB: PA: 3F: 4UC: 9E |
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