'Oral health is not my department' Perceptions of elderly patients' oral health by general medical practitioners in primary health care centres: A qualitative interview study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-133

  Andersson, Kerstin ^a,c   Furhoff, Anna Karin ^b   Nordenram, Gunilla ^c   Wårdh, Inger ^c  

^a Dental Hygienist   (Sweden)

^b Center for Family Medicine   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Elderly; General medical practitioner; Grounded theory; Health perspective; Interview; Medicine; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34047238475     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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