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Patients’ needs of doctors
Should doctors be asked what they need from patients?
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5111 (Published 20 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5111
- Eugene Yeung, physician
- Lancaster Royal Infirmary, Lancaster LA1 4RP, UK
- eugeney{at}doctors.org.uk
I appreciate the effort to elicit patients’ expectations on a large scale.1 But I wonder whether we should also survey what doctors need from 21st century patients. I am aware of a 2018 survey of 5956 general practitioners and trainees on the advice they would …
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