Interest in different types of patients: What factors influence new-to-practice family physicians?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue NOV, 1996, Pages 2170-2178

  Cohen, May ^a,c   Woodward, Christel A ^a   Ferrier, Barbara ^a   Williams, A Paul ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030279308     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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