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J Graffy

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PubMed1990

Patient choice in a practice with men and women general practitioners.

This study investigated the distribution of workload between men and women doctors in a south London practice. Of 909 attending patients aged 15 years and over, 611 were women and 48% of these consulted a woman doctor. In comparison, only 27% of the 298 men consulted a woman doctor. Twenty nine per cent of the 105 women who gave a reason for choosing a woman doctor said they had done so because of her sex. Multiple logistic regression was used to assess the relative importance of having a general preference for a woman doctor or of consulting about a problem related to sex in predicting the likelihood of a woman consulting a woman doctor. This showed that preference was 2.3 times as important as problem type in predicting this. This suggests that woman's demand for women doctors in general practice extends beyond family planning and well woman clinics. The implications of this for practice organization are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Ward meetings: a forum for patients' concerns.

A series of meetings between patients and staff were held on two general medical wards to discuss the concerns of patients. Issues ranged from the quality of hospital food, ward facilities, and visiting arrangements to the medical and nursing care provided and patients' views on medical students. Most issues were raised by the patients themselves and the outcome was either acceptance or rejection of a suggestion, an explanation by the staff, or a general discussion if a specific decision was inappropriate. Most staff and patients considered the meetings to be valuable. Ward meetings thus seem to provide a way of making hospitals more responsive to patients' concerns.

England↗