New rules meet established sickness certification practice: A focus-group study on the introduction of functional assessments in Norwegian primary care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Krohne, Kariann ^a   Brage, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family practice; Focus groups; Functional assessment; Knowledge; Primary care; Qualitative study; Sickness certification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SICK LEAVE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34548585914     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430701267421     Document Type: Article

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