Preventive care and barriers to effective prevention: How do family physicians see it?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue SEP., 1996, Pages 1693-1700

  Hutchison, Brian G ^a   Abelson, Julia ^a   Woodward, Christel A ^a   Norman, Geoffrey ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030238249     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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