Health professionals' perspectives on service delivery in two Northern Ireland communities

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 827-834

  Mason, Carolyn ^a,c   Orr, Jean ^d   Harrisson, Sheila ^a   Moore, Ronnie ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Eastern Health and Social Services Board   (United Kingdom)

^d E Health and Social Services Board ^*

Author keywords

Community; Community development; Ethnography; Health professionals; Northern Ireland; Primary care; Primary care led National Health Service; Professional perspectives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033210986     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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