Journal article
Sharing Care: The Psychiatrist in the Family Physician's Office
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: One way of strengthening ties between primary care providers and psychiatrists is for a psychiatrist to visit a primary care practice on a regular basis to see and discuss patients and to provide educational input and advice for family physicians. This paper reviews the experiences of a program in Hamilton, Ontario that brings psychiatrists and counsellors into the offices of 88 local family physicians in 36 practices.
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Authors
Kates N; Craven MA; Crustolo A-M; Nikolaou L; Allen C; Farrar S
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 42, No. 9, pp. 960–965
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
November 1997
DOI
10.1177/070674379704200908
ISSN
0706-7437