The meaning of quality work from the general practitioner's perspective: An interview study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Strandberg, Eva Lena ^a,b,c   Ovhed, Ingvar ^a   Håkansson, Anders ^b,c   Troein, Margareta ^b,c  

^a Blekinge R and D Unit   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ADULT; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARDS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750528902     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-60     Document Type: Article

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