PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. C. D. Heath
AU  - P. A. Sims
TI  - The general practitioner in the inner city: a survey of a London health district
DP  - 1984 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 199--204
VI  - 34
IP  - 261
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/261/199.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/261/199.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1984 Apr 01; 34
AB  - A survey of general practitioners in Tower Hamlets health district in London is reported. The findings indicate a caring and concerned group of doctors who are working under considerable difficulty. The pattern of general practice in this district is dissimilar to the rest of the country, with infrequent use of attached staff, poor accommodation, more single-handed practices, and a predominance of elderly doctors trained overseas and either approaching or beyond conventional retirement age. Some suggestions are made towards the future development of the family doctor service.