[Health service for physicians. What do physicians want--form and substance?]. / En helsetjeneste for leger. Hva øonsker legene selv--form og innhold?

In 1991, a special health service for doctors was started in Rogaland county. Three years later this service was evaluated via a questionnaire. Two thirds of 109 doctors were very satisfied, and only one was dissatisfied with this health service. The results show a need for both psychosocial and somatic health examinations for doctors.

[The Kvernevik Study. II. Satisfaction with the care among the population 5 years after the opening of a new health center]. / Kvernevik-undersøkelsen II. Befolkningens tilfredshet med legetjenestene fem år etter åpningen av et nytt legesenter.

Information from a survey conducted in 1984 among the adult population in a suburban area in Stavanger was applied in the planning of a new health centre. Five years later a similar survey was conducted to evaluate the innovations in primary care. Greater satisfaction was noted in regard to accessibility of the doctors. Compared with the general population, regular users of the new health centre were more satisfied with such aspects of service as accessibility by telephone, waiting time and opening hours. There was, a decline, however, in doctor-patient continuity. In general, satisfaction with primary care increased with age. There was no difference in satisfaction between males and females.

[Health services for physicians in Rogaland. A questionnaire study]. / Helsetjeneste for leger i Rogaland. En spørreskjemaundersøkelse.

In order to investigate the need for a health service for doctors a questionnaire was mailed to all doctors in Rogaland county. 84% of the respondents were in favour of such a service. It is necessary not only to provide a general medical examination but to focus also on work-related and psychosocial factors.

[Uplifting health education]. / Forfriskende helseopplysning.

Health education does not always lead to a change in behavior. This may be because traditional health education often focuses on disease instead of on positive values. Therefore, the new term refreshment is now being used to describe health-promoting activities. Creative medicine refers to all positive renewal which improves people's health.

[Reference groups as a form of training in general practice]. / Referansegrupper som arbeidsform i allmennmedisin.

In 1985 the first "reference groups" were established within the Norwegian College of General Practitioners. Today there are 20 such groups, with a total of 117 members. The reports of these groups have been studied in order to obtain a picture of how they are organized, how and how often they meet, their aims, and what they produce. The reference groups represent a unique way of studying which seems to produce substantial results in the form of books, booklets, articles, courses and know-how within different fields of Norwegian general medicine.