A report of three years' experience of a Balint group in Cape Town.
Three years' experience as members of a group composed predominantly of general practitioners, and constituted to discuss psychological problems encountered in general practice, is reported. Without exception, present and past members found the experience valuable, and particular mention was made of members' increased insight into their own reactions in the doctor-patient relationship. It is hoped that the experience of this group will encourage general practitioners in other centres which do not already have such a group to consider forming similar groups.
D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012681:Sensitivity Training Groups; D013019:South Africa