The personal doctor reform in Sweden: Perceived changes in working conditions

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 192-197

  Wilhelmsson, Susan ^a   Faresjö, Tomas ^a   Foldevi, Mats ^a   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

District nurse; GP; Organizational change; Primary health care; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031878479     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.3.192     Document Type: Article

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