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Patients views on chronic illness and its care in general practice

dc.contributor.author Shortus, Timothy en_US
dc.contributor.author Rose, Vanessa en_US
dc.contributor.author Comino, Elizabeth en_US
dc.contributor.author Zwar, N en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T13:10:32Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T13:10:32Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en_US
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND General practitioners have described barriers to the uptake of incentives such as the Enhanced Primary Care items introduced to support care of chronic illness. However patients’ attitudes toward chronic illness and planned care are not known. METHODS A qualitative study of adult patients with chronic illnesses using semi-structured interviews and a focus group, examining their experience of chronic illness and their attitudes toward health care. RESULTS Sixteen patients were interviewed; five participated in the focus group. Patients believed that their illnesses were permanent and progressive, and that GPs had little influence over their prognosis. They preferred to access GPs for acute problems rather than anticipatory care, and most could not see a need for care planning. DISCUSSION Patient preferences for care delivery may be in conflict with the current reform agenda focussing on anticipatory care provision. Efforts to reform chronic illness care may falter unless this is addressed. en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200505/4747 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0300-8495 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/39330
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.title Patients views on chronic illness and its care in general practice en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 5 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Australian Family Physician en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 397-399 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 34 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Shortus, Timothy, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Rose, Vanessa, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Comino, Elizabeth, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Zwar, N, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Population Health *
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