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The Consultation Process

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Decision-Making in General Practice

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When the Irishman was asked the way to Dublin, he replied, “Sure, I wouldn’t start from here”. I have come to suspect that, in many ways, we are starting our decision-making in general practice from the wrong place.

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  1. Frank Martin Hull
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  1. Department of Community Health, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    Michael Sheldon

  2. Digital Equipment Co Ltd, Reading, UK

    John Brooke

  3. Medical Computation Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

    Alan Rector

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Hull, F.M. (1985). The Consultation Process. In: Sheldon, M., Brooke, J., Rector, A. (eds) Decision-Making in General Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07159-3_2

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