Abstract
The increased burden of ill health and multimorbidity in poor communities results in high demands on clinical encounters in primary care. Poorer access, less time, higher GP stress, and lower patient enablement are some of the ways that the inverse care law continues to operate within the NHS and confounds attempts to narrow health inequalities.
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MedicinePsychosocialSocioeconomic statusPopulationFamily medicineHealth careEmpathyNursingGerontologyEnvironmental healthPsychiatryLaw
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Stewart W Mercer,
G. Watt
(2007).
The Inverse Care Law: Clinical Primary Care Encounters in Deprived and Affluent Areas of Scotland.
The Annals of Family Medicine
, 5
(6)
, 503-510.
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.778
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- 10.1370/afm.778