XXXX in general practice: the Dutch situation.

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Treatment and supervision of @entity302 @entity1 is part of specialist medicine. A possible change in the role of specialists and general practitioners in the care of these @entity1 was explored by a questionnaire mailed to all Dutch neurologists and a random sample of general practitioners. @entity1 were also asked their opinion. The real situation was studied in a group of @entity1 retrieved from the registers of general practitioners. Demographic, psychosocial, and @entity302 characteristics were sampled. Specialists tend not to want a change in their role; general practitioners desire a change. At present, @entity1 do not want a change, but in future a change might be acceptable to them. More @entity1 than expected were supervised by their general practitioner only. Their demographic and psychosocial characteristics did not differ from those in the population at large. @entity302 characteristics corresponded with those in other studies.
