"Saying no is no easy matter" A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Carlsen, Benedicte ^a   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; NORWAY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 28444492985     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-70     Document Type: Article

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