Providing healthcare for people with chronic illness: The views of Australian GPs

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-33

  Oldroyd, John ^a   Proudfoot, Judith ^a   Infante, Fernando A ^a   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a   Bubner, Tanya ^b   Holton, Chris ^b   Beilby, Justin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RURAL AREA; TEAMWORK; TIME MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0043205071     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05414.x     Document Type: Article

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