TY - JOUR T1 - Towards a rationalization of counselling in general practice JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 685 LP - 687 VL - 34 IS - 269 AU - Nancy Rowland AU - Jill Irving Y1 - 1984/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/34/269/685.abstract N2 - While there is good evidence to show that counselling may be beneficial to those patients in general practice with non-organic problems, deployment of the available resources lacks standardization and rationalization. The Counselling in Medical Settings Working Party of the British Association for Counselling is pressing for standardized training and accreditation of counsellors so that general practitioners will feel more confident about taking on workers who will ultimately be incorporated into the NHS team. ER -