General Practitioners involvement in enteral tube feeding at home: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Madigan, Sharon M ^a   Fleming, Paul ^b   McCann, Siobhan ^b   Wright, Marion E ^b   MacAuley, Domhnall ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKILL; TUBE FEEDING; ADULT; AFTERCARE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 34250680947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-29     Document Type: Article

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