Action research: A useful method of promoting change in primary care?

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Hampshire, Amanda ^a   Blair, Mitch ^b   Crown, Nicola ^b   Avery, Anthony ^a   Williams, Idris ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Primary health care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD WELFARE; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032811341     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.3.305     Document Type: Article

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