Table 1

Characteristics of the general practitioners who participated in this study¹³

	Age (years)	Sex	Location of work	Type of practice	Employment status
Dr Alderson	50	Male	Large rural town	Large private group practice	Partner
Dr Bright	63	Male	Suburban city	Locum	Employed
Dr Dunt	52	Male	Small rural town	Solo private practice	Partner
Dr Elwin	32	Male	Suburban	Locum	Employed
Dr Johnson	36	Male	Outer suburban	3 person private practice	Associate with a view
Dr Kingsford	57	Male	Small rural town	3 person private practice	Partner
Dr Little	48	Male	Outer suburban	Government funded community health service	Employed
Dr Masters	42	Female	Suburban	Government funded community health service	Employed
Dr Newton	44	Female	Inner suburban	2 person private practice	Partner
Dr Owen	35	Male	Rural town	4 person private practice	Partner
Dr Silverman	32	Male	Rural industrial town	5 person private practice	Partner
Dr Sing	45	Male	Suburban	Very large private practice	Employed
Dr Stamos	30	Male	Outer suburban	Large group private practice	Partner
Dr Williams	34	Female	Small rural town	4 person private practice	Employed
Dr Winters	33	Male	Rural industrial	3 person private practice	Partner