PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. J. Cunningham
TI  - Night calls in a single-handed rural practice
DP  - 1980 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 745--747
VI  - 30
IP  - 221
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/221/745.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/221/745.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1980 Dec 01; 30
AB  - Night calls attended by one doctor during five consecutive years (1973 to 1977) in a single-handed rural practice, were analysed and divided into two categories: (a) reasonable; (b) unreasonable. Half the night calls were genuine emergencies but 17 per cent were quite unnecessary.