The perception of continuity of care from the perspective of patients with diabetes

Family Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-124

  Nair, Kalpana M ^a   Dolovich, Lisa R ^a,b,d   Ciliska, Donna K ^b,c   Lee, Hui N ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Pub Hlth and Social Serv   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 13444262059     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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