Measuring general practitioner psychology: The personal construct perspective

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-147

  Bower, Peter ^a,c   Tylee, Andre ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GP; Personal construct theory; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0030933076     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.2.142     Document Type: Article

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