title: General practitioner and long term care of patients with a spinal injury.
abstract: A questionnaire was sent to disabled people to ascertain what part their general practitioners played in their long term care. The average consultation rate was 4.40 per patient a year. Overall, it appeared that the patients were most concerned with the general practitioner's attitude towards them and the general practitioner's availability.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*