General Practice Consultation Summary

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In chapter 4 it was identified that the general discontent with the length of time given in a General Practice Consultation could be because the measure of given time in a routine visit would not comply with the established standards of service or because the routine visit would fail to promote effective patient-doctor communication and relationship.

A design approach used for studying this and other issues in the General Practice has been Public Involvement. A considerable amount of literature has shown not only the benefits of involving the public but also the type of tools used in the process. It has been agreed that while most of this literature have focused only on a small number of tools, their various types of input, the influence

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