Workload pressures in rural general practice: A qualitative investigation

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-144

  Iversen, Lisa ^a   Farmer, Jane C ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Pressures; Qualitative; Rural; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ROLE PLAYING; RURAL POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036740872     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134302760234573     Document Type: Article

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