RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Current opinion concerning the treatment of heart disease
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 91
OP 99
VO 33
IS 247
A1 a postal survey among Tayside general practitioners
A1 Christine Mason
A1 J. Campbell Murdoch
YR 1983
UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/247/91.abstract
AB Using a postal questionnaire method of investigation, the views of Tayside general practitioners were examined with respect to the management of three hypothetical patients with ischaemic heart disease. In the case of a man showing symptoms suggestive of infarction, hospital care was preferred by the majority of doctors. Of three categories of employment, the person in a manual occupation would be advised by most doctors to change his job after a second serious infarction. The advice given to patients was orientated towards the risk factors associated with ischaemic heart disease. Such advice was general rather than specific and emphasized restriction of activities rather than return to normal life. Commonly held social stereotypes appeared to affect the advice which practitioners said they would offer. The implications of these findings are discussed.