Community pharmacy: a method of assessing quality of care.

Generalisability theory is presented as a research method for assessing the quality of health advice. The theory is applied to make a comprehensive assessment of primary health care advice given by community pharmacists. A random sample of pharmacies from all London postal districts were selected and visited for set periods throughout one year.

Current comment. (xxii) Traveller-Gypsies and general practitioners in East London: the role of the Traveller health visitor.

Traveller-Gypsy communities in the United Kingdom (UK) have higher morbidity and mortality levels than the national average and their members have only limited access to primary and preventative health care services in most areas. Results of a questionnaire survey of general practitioners (GPs) in East London support previous evidence that the appointment of specially trained health visitors could help improve levels of understanding between GPs and Traveller families and so help Travellers make more effective use of conventional local primary care networks. The relevance of this specific example for other minority populations is evident.

General medical practice in a multicultural and multiracial environment: report from a multidisciplinary casework seminar.

The impact of culture and race on the doctor-patient relationship, and hence on management, treatment and outcome, is not yet part of medical training programmes. This is true for graduate and undergraduate levels. In order to explore the format for such training, a pilot inter professional seminar in transcultural casework was carried out in East London over two terms in 1987.