RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Do British travel agents provide adequate health advice for travellers?
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 567
OP 568
VO 50
IS 456
A1 Lawlor, D A
A1 Burke, J
A1 Bouskill, E
A1 Conn, G
A1 Edwards, P
A1 Gillespie, D
YR 2000
UL http://bjgp.org/content/50/456/567.abstract
AB Travel-related illness is a burden for primary care, with more than two million travellers consulting a general practitioner each year. The annual cost of travel-related illness in the United Kingdom is 11 million Pounds. Travel agents are in a unique position to influence this burden as the most common and most serious problems are preventable with simple advice and/or immunisation. This study, using covert researchers, suggests this potential is not being fully utilised.