A good referral is both art and science

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A good referral is both art and science

Jim Vause 2015

Jim Vause

A good referral is both art and science
Crafting a referral letter is key to good medical practice, and will remain so until doctors are no longer human

Poorly written referrals, data dumps, and delayed and jumbled presentations litter the case library of adverse outcomes. Jim Vause explains how to craft a referral that rises above the dross

Once upon a time, like the mail, a GP’s referral always got through. Time changes all, and feelings of rejection are now commonplace in general practi