Psychiatric consultation: the patient, the doctors and their letters.
Letters to psychiatrists by general practitioners are the main method of communication between doctors when a patient is referred. This study has been of critical data from the letters to the psychiatrists, and an analysis of the information from the psychiatrist to the general practitioner. Improvements are necessary in this field so the patient can receive optimal care.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients; D010380:Peer Review; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation