The General Practitioner and Children of Separated Parents in Belgium: A Qualitative Study and its Implications

Background: Many children are experiencing their parents’ separation and General practitioners (GPs) oftenhave the responsibility to medically follow these young patients.Objectives: The goals were to identify the main difficulties GPs are confronted with when following childrenof separated (or divorced) parents and to find ways to improve the quality of these children’s continuous medicalmonitoring.Methods: Eight focus groups of GPs were organized in 2004 in the French-speaking Community of Belgium.Each meeting focused on couples separated for less than three years, with children aged 0 to 15... Mehr ...