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Family Practice Vol. 18, No. 5, 473-474
© Oxford University Press 2001

Editorial

European family practice and public accountability

Martin N Marshall and Joze Braspenninga

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK and
a Centre for Quality of Care Research, University of Nijemegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijemegen, The Netherlands.

Marshall MN and Braspenning J. European family practice and public accountability. Family Practice 2001; 18: 473–474.

Received 11 April 2001; Accepted 4 May 2001.

When readers of Family Practice become ill, they are unlikely to see a ‘bad’ family doctor. Health professionals use informal networks to choose a doctor to suit their needs. After they have seen the doctor, they will have the medical knowledge to be able to make a judgement about the quality of the care that has been provided. When friends or colleagues ask us to recommend a GP "who knows a lot about diabetes" or "someone who is easy to talk to", we are usually able to help out.

The public is not so lucky. If a patient who has . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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