Which GP deals better with depressed patients in primary care in Kastamonu, Turkey: The impacts of 'interest in psychiatry' and 'continuous medical education'

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 558-562

  Soykan, Atilla ^a,b   Oncu, Bedriye ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Continuous medical education; Depression; Interest in psychiatry; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 0141961776     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg511     Document Type: Article

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