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- Title
Medical care of doctors.
- Authors
Pullen, David; Cam, Donald E; Doughty, Mary V; Lonie, Cait E; Lyle, David M; Pullen, D; Lonie, C E; Lyle, D M; Cam, D E; Doughty, M V
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>To describe doctors' attitudes towards their own medical care.<bold>Methods: </bold>Postal survey asking 2564 doctors about their access to, and use of, medical services. The sample, 14% of all New South Wales doctors, was randomly selected from the NSW Register of Medical Practitioners. To ensure anonymity, non-respondents were not followed up.<bold>Results: </bold>The response rate was 44%. Only 42% of respondents had a general practitioner and most had self-prescribed medication. Nineteen per cent reported marital disturbances, 18% emotional disorders, 3% alcohol problems and 1% drug abuse, but not many had discussed these problems with their doctor. Twenty-six per cent had a condition warranting a medical consultation but felt inhibited about consulting a doctor.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Many doctors lack adequate medical care.<bold>Recommendations: </bold>We recommend that doctors have their own general practitioner, avoid "corridor consultations" and not self-prescribe drugs that affect mental function. Teaching of appropriate help-seeking responses should be part of medical education.
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 1995, Vol 162, Issue 9, p481
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb140011.x