Balancing - An equilibrium act between different positions: An exploratory study on general practitioners' comprehension of their professional role

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Hansson, Anders ^a,b   Gunnarsson, Ronny ^b   Mattsson, Bengt ^b  

^a Munkedals Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balancing; Family practice; Physician's role; Professional role; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 34248529944     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430701237705     Document Type: Article

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