TY - JOUR T1 - The practice manager JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 376 LP - 394 VL - 24 IS - 143 AU - B. L. E. C. Reedy AU - E. G. Nelson Y1 - 1974/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/24/143/376.abstract N2 - The limited amount of literature available which describes the work of practice managers has been used as the basis for compiling a tentative job description and for the discussion of a number of actual or theoretical issues which seem to be relevant. A comparison is made at a superficial level with experience in the U.S.A. The intention is to clarify some ideas in a newly emerging aspect of community medicine and primary care with a view to exploring the possibilities for research, training and consultancy in the future. ER -