Into the unknown: The anticipation and experience of membership of independent practitioner associations

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1171, 2003, Pages

  Barnett, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATIONS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 17144474147     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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