Family physicians’ perspectives on care of dementia patients and family caregivers.

Can Fam Physician Vol. 54, No. 7, July 2008

According to this study primary care doctors should be following the Third Canadian Consensus Conference on dementia .

The doctors’ offices did not maintain any substantive or up-to-date lists of community resources, handouts, or pamphlets for patients or families. A few participants said, “I don’t … it’s not my job. I have no time. It is not my mandate.”

I think the authors of the Canadian Consensus Conference on dementia should maintain this list and that it should be available on a website. I suspect they would say…

… it’s not my job. I have no time. It is not my mandate.

Consensus (Wikipedia)

Achieving consensus requires serious treatment of every group member’s considered opinion. Once a decision is made it is important to trust in members’ discretion in follow-up action. In the ideal case, those who wish to take up some action want to hear those who oppose it, because they count on the fact that the ensuing debate will improve the consensus. In theory, action without resolution of considered opposition will be rare and done with attention to minimize damage to relationships.

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