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Time, risk and routine in general practice 1
Author(s) -
Horobin Gordon,
McIntosh Jim
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10491839
Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , relation (database) , task (project management) , work (physics) , face (sociological concept) , scarcity , sample (material) , element (criminal law) , general practice , contrast (vision) , psychology , sociology , medicine , computer science , political science , family medicine , engineering , economics , social science , management , data mining , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , computer network , chemistry , chromatography , artificial intelligence , law
The paper is based on interviews with a sample of 50 general practitioners. It explores their concepts of time’ and ‘task’ in relation to their attempts to create satisfying work roles. There is a contrast between practitioners in urban and rural settings. For urban practitioners the economy of time as a scarce resource generates an element of risk from brief, ‘routine’ diagnosis. For rural practitioners time is not seen as a scarce resource, but they face the risk of working without additional specialist services. For most practitioners the problem is dealt with pragmatically by varying the mix of risky and routine work.
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