Psychiatry and primary care: two cultures divided by a common cause.
Traditional problems between primary care physicians and psychiatrists have persisted, including inability to understand each other, disrespect, mutual distrust, and competition. Unfortunately, although these two medical specialties, which both use a whole-person approach to the patient, should be pulling together, they are often pulling apart.
Lipkin
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Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, USA.
D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation