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Physical, sexual and emotional violence against women: a general practice‐based prevalence study
Author(s) -
Phillips Roderic J
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122301.x
Subject(s) - citation , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , library science , computer science
strongly advise s a patient to attend a pa rticular specialist for goo d reasons, it is expected that a spec ialist would strongl y advise the patient to attend the general practi tioner for similarly good reason s. The fact a patient becom es house-bound is not in itself the occasion to ask that the general practitioner be reinvolved thi s is far too late . Some anaestherists and some me dical oncologists develop a special interest, and some expert ise, in pa lliative care, as do some genera l prac titioners, but this does nOI make them pa lliat ive care specia lists we need fonna l training for the specialty of palliati ve care. I welc ome curre nt discussions (involving, among others, th e Royal Austral ian College of Physicians) exploring the feasibility of a Faculty of Palliative Medicine Specialists wh ich should, in time , provide a core of specia lists who can assist , advise and consult with all doc to rs who give palliative and terminal ca re. H orses for co urse s! Oncologists and others, you mu st learn to let go, and to be ready to be reinvolved if the need to do so is determined in consultation with palliative care specialists. The doctor to the fam ily is ideally placed to look after the terminally ill , and await s your early refer ral.