where these qualities are to be found is at present uncertain. As a first step, central government, regional and district health authorities, and local authorities should concentrate on developing, in consultation with other service providers and the consumers, "a pattern of service which will enable all those involved to work together and relate to the changing needs of mentally ill and mentally handicapped people and their families."4 The general practitioner and the primary care team have a critical part to play in these developments.
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Cotton et al. (1985) studied this question.