Resource constraints create their own category of dilemma for GPs

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Resource constraints create their own category of dilemma for GPs

Gaeline Phipps

Gaeline Phipps

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Doctors may get asked by patients if their chances are better if they seek treatment overseas

Doctors are duty-bound to inform patients about optimal care and advocate for its provision. Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps discusses the problems this creates in a resource-constrained system

Key points, Postoperative follow-up is increasingly devolved to primary care, and is often done without access to hospital notes.   A GP should assess and tre