PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Jenkins
AU  - B Arroll
AU  - S Hawken
AU  - R Nicholson
TI  - Referral letters: are form letters better?
DP  - 1997 Feb 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 107--108
VI  - 47
IP  - 415
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/47/415/107.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/47/415/107.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1997 Feb 01; 47
AB  - An essential mode of contact between general practitioners (GPs) and hospital staff is the referral letter. This must be clear and concise with sufficient information to aid the GP, the consultant and the patient. In order to ensure this, a proposal was made for the use of a structured or standardized referral letter: a form letter. This report shows that form letters were shorter than typed letters. Form letters were also proven to contain more information than nonform letters.