RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Compassion: its neglect and importance.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 521
OP 523
VO 47
IS 421
A1 M B Taylor
YR 1997
UL http://bjgp.org/content/47/421/521.abstract
AB Dose it matter that personal care of one doctor to one patient is being diluted by larger teams with increased delegation of work? In arguing that it does, this paper focuses on compassion, 'fellow feeling which is likely to be expressed'. General practitioner morale, patient satisfaction, and clinical medicine are examined, and teleology, game theory, and 'psycho-immuno endocrinology' touched upon, to come to the paper's conclusion, which is to call for the resuscitation of the 'Personal Doctor'.