Abstract Because the effectiveness of a coronavirus disease lockdown in curbing spread depends on public support, acquiring real-time information about way populations reacted to is crucial. In France, such support remained fragile among low-income persons, probably because exacerbated preexisting social inequalities and conflicts.

INTRODUCTION This paper examines smoking prevalence, sociodemographic factors and the medical practice of French general practitioners. METHOD Data from the 1998 cross-sectional national survey of 2,073 GPs. The questionnaire was administered by telephone. A response rate of 67% was attained. Instrumentation included questions about medical practice, sociodemographic characteristics, and heal...

BACKGROUND Research suggests that older patients may be reluctant to engage general practice registrars (GPRs) in their care. The authors undertook a qualitative study of the attitudes of older patients to GPRs to investigate this issue. METHOD Thirty-eight patients aged 60 years and over from three training practices participated in semistructured telephone interviews, which explored patient...

BACKGROUND Drug therapy in primary care is a challenge for general practitioners (GPs) and the prescribing decision is influenced by several factors. GPs obtain drug information in different ways, from evidence-based sources, their own or others' experiences, or interactions with opinion makers, patients or colleagues. The need for objective drug information sources instead of drug industry-pro...

BACKGROUND Pharmaceutical representatives are a vital component of the marketing of pharmaceutical products and an important source of prescribing information for general practitioners. AIM A study was undertaken to explore the attitudes of New Zealand general practitioners to pharmaceutical representatives. METHOD A questionnaire survey of 100 general practitioners was undertaken to which ...

People with learning disabilities often experience health inequalities and barriers to healthcare services as a result of poor communication and discriminatory attitudes. We developed an educational package for healthcare staff as well as an attitude questionnaire to measure the impact of this training; the questionnaire is called the Attitudes of Secondary Healthcare Personnel Toward People wi...

A postal questionnaire was sent to all 797 general practitioners (GPs) in the Lothians, Borders, and Fife (Scotland), enquiring about attitudes to presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease. The response rate was 74%. Eighty-two percent were in favour of the principle of predictive testing for Huntington's disease. A majority of those not in favour were prepared to refer their patients for...