Counselling: Filling a gap in general practice

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-207

  Nettleton, Barbara ^a,e   Cooksey, Elizabeth ^a   Mordue, Alan ^a   Dorward, Ishbel ^b   Ferguson, John ^a   Johnston, Judy ^c   Jones, Lyn ^d  

^a NHS BORDERS   (United Kingdom)

^b General Practitioner   (United Kingdom)

^c General Practitioner   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Health Feedback   (United Kingdom)

^e Dingleton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; Mental health; Primary care; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034284166     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(00)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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