Qualitative techniques to investigate how patients evaluate dentists: A pilot study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 257-266

  Newsome, Philip R H ^a,c   Wright, Gillian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioural dental science; Dental; Dentist patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034242841     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.280403.x     Document Type: Article

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