The GP's perception of poverty: A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Willems, Sara J ^a   Swinnen, Wilfried ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accessibility of health services; General practitioners; Physician patient relations; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17344362099     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh724     Document Type: Article

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