A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services

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A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services

The referral letter is a key instrument in moving patients from primary to secondary care services. Consequently, the circumstances in which a referral should be made and its contents have been the subject of clinical guidelines. This article is based on a project that demonstrated that physicians...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Shaw, Ian, Clegg Smith, Katherine M, Middleton, Hugh, Woodward, Louise
Format:	Article
Published:	SAGE
Subjects:	referral letter; general practitioners; ritual; communication
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/786/

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