PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nancy Rowland
AU  - Jill Irving
TI  - Towards a rationalization of counselling in general practice
DP  - 1984 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 685--687
VI  - 34
IP  - 269
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/269/685.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/269/685.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1984 Dec 01; 34
AB  - 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.