UK GPs' and practice nurses' views of continuity of care for patients with type 2 diabetes

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-137

  Alazri, Mohammed H ^a,c   Heywood, Philip ^a   Neal, Richard D ^b   Leese, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; General practice; GPs; Practice nurses; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEAM NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34447249562     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm003     Document Type: Article

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