Male GPs' views on men seeking medical help: a qualitative study.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:Analysis of health service statistics reveals that men tend to under-use primary health care services. Previous research has suggested that men view illness as a form of weakness and have negative views about men who seek medical help. It has also indicated that some men believe that male General Practitioner (GP)s hold similar views, a factor which may influence their own tendency to self-refer. This study aims to explore male GPs' experiences of their male patients' patterns of self-referral and to identify factors that may negatively influence doctor-patient relationships. METHOD:Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 male GPs (ages=35-53). These were audiotaped and subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis to identify relevant themes. RESULTS:For all participants, managing service demands were seen as a major challenge. Analysis of these GP's accounts suggested that they see men's self-referral as being primarily influenced by the need to conform to masculine gender roles and a number of ways that men accessed services in a way congruent with this were identified. This study also explored how participants' own adherence to gender roles may itself influence the doctor-patient relationship. CONCLUSION:This study suggests that, like other men, male GPs may have ambivalent attitudes towards male self-referral and that this may influence their interactions with male patients.

journal_name

Br J Health Psychol

authors

Hale S,Grogan S,Willott S

doi

10.1348/135910709X479113

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-11-01 00:00:00

pages

697-713

issue

Pt 4

eissn

1359-107X

issn

2044-8287

pii

bjhp698

journal_volume

15

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