Disease-Centred Versus Patient-Centred Attitudes: Comparison of General Practitioners in Belgium, Britain and The Netherlands

Grol R, de Maeseneer J, Whitfield M and Mokkink H. Disease-centred versus patient-centred attitudes: comparison of general practitioners in Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands. Family Practice 1990; 7: 100–103. The attitudes of general practitioners in Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands have been sought to determine if they are patient-centred or disease-centred (that is, doctor-centred). The results indicated that many of the doctors held disease-centred attitudes, which in previous studies in the Netherlands and Belgium had correlated with increased prescribing of symptomatic medication,... Mehr ...