Medical records: Doctors' and patients' experiences of copying letters to patients

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 40-42

  Nandhra, Harpal ^a   Murray, Graham ^b   Hymas, Nigel ^c   Hunt, Neil ^d  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 1142303732     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.2.40     Document Type: Article

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3. Rutherford, W. & Gabriel, R. (1991) Audit of outpatient letters. BMJ 303, 968.
4. Thomas, P. (1998) Writing letters to patients. Psychiatric Bulletin, 22, 542-545.
5. Working Group on Copying Letters to Patients (2002) Copying Letters to Patients: A Report to The Department of Health and Draft Good Practice Guidelines for Consultation. Leeds: Department of Health.