Quality in general practice consultations; a qualitative study of the views of patients living in an area of high socio-economic deprivation in Scotland

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mercer, Stewart W ^a   Cawston, Peter G ^b   Bikker, Annemieke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Drumchapel Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHILOSOPHY; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247482371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-22     Document Type: Article

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