Patients' accounts of being removed from their general practitioner's list: qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore patients' accounts of being removed from a general practitioner's list.

Design

Qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews.

Setting

Patients' homes in Leicestershire.

Participants

28 patients who had recently been removed from a general practitioner's list.

Results

The removed patients gave an account of themselves as having genuine illnesses needing medical care. In putting their case that their removal was unjustified, patients were concerned to show that they were "good" patients who complied with the rules that they understood to govern the doctor-patient relationship: they tried to cope with their illness and follow medical advice, used general practice services "appropriately," were uncomplaining, and were polite with doc

SUBMITTER: Stokes T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC161635 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature