GP perspectives on hospital discharge letters: an interview and focus group study

Background: Written discharge communication following inpatient or outpatient clinic discharge is essential for communicating information to the GP, but GPs’ opinions on discharge communication are seldom sought. Patients are sometimes copied into this communication, but the reasons for this variati...

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Main Authors: Katharine Weetman, Jeremy Dale, Rachel Spencer, Emma Scott, Stephanie Schnurr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of General Practitioners 2020-05-01
Series:BJGP Open
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Online Access:https://bjgpopen.org/content/4/2/bjgpopen20X101031