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Engelsk titel: What does it feel for a physician to be a gatekeeper? Läs online Författare: Gulbrandsen P ; Förde R ; Aasland OG Språk: Nor Antal referenser: 33 Dokumenttyp: Artikel UI-nummer: 02081987

Tidskrift

Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening 2002;122(19)1874-9 ISSN 0029-2001 E-ISSN 0807-7096 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

INTERPRETATION : The gatekeeper role has important influence on doctors' job satisfaction. A possible generation effect may imply that society will meet problems more often in the future when assigning gatekeeper functions to doctors. RESULTS : Six out of seven doctors sometimes or often met unrealistic demands from patients. More than one third experienced stress because of patient expectations about help for non-medical problems. Nearly 50% had adjusted medical certificates in order to help the patient. More than 50% sometimes or often gave more weight to patients' wishes than to their own medical judgement. 86% had chosen to come in for work themselves when they would have certified as sick a patient with the same symptoms and working situation. The proportions were significantly smaller among older doctors and doctors with a high level of job satisfaction. MATERIAL AND METHODS : Analysis of 24 questions from large surveys of representative samples of Norwegian doctors in 1993 and 2000. BACKGROUND : Doctors increasingly act as gatekeepers. We have studied the effect that this function has on the doctors themselves.