Out-of-hours co-operatives: General practitioner satisfaction with governance and working arrangements

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-18

  O'Dowd, Thomas C ^a,b   McNamara, Kevin ^a,b   Kelly, Alan ^a,b   O'Kelly, Fergus ^a,b  

^a Department of Public Health and Primary Care   (Australia)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co operatives; Governance; GP views; Out of hours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING CARE; PHARMACY; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33750446323     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780600757195     Document Type: Article

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