Personal continuity and access in UK general practice: A qualitative study of general practitioners' and patients' perceptions of when and how they matter

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Guthrie, Bruce ^a   Wyke, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645300720     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-11     Document Type: Article

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