How do patients in a rural setting respond to receiving a copy of their general practitioners letter?
The practice of sending copies of General Practitioners (GPs) letters to patients is not new. As a team in Geriatric and general internal medicine in a rural secondary referral hospital, we asked patients for feedback on how they felt about copies of their GPs letters being sent to them. 126 (96%) of patients were not frightened by the letter. 110(85%) would prefer to continue receiving these letters. Patients in a rural setting want to receive letters about their own medical care.
McEniry
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B
Department of Healthcare for the Elderly, South Tipperary General Hospital, Western Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Pillay
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D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires