Deliberate departures from good general practice: A study of motives among Dutch general practitioners

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 437, 1998, Pages 1833-1836

  Veldhuis, Marjan ^a   Wigersma, Lode ^a   Okkes, Inge ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Patients; Qualify of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0031775350     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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