Motives and preferences of general practitioners for new collaboration models with medical specialists: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Berendsen, Annette J ^a   Benneker, Wim H G M ^a   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^b   Schuling, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846574308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-4     Document Type: Article

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