General practitioners' views of psychology services: A comparison of general practitioners who refer to onsite and offsite services

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Greenaway, Rebecca ^a   Fortune, Loma ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPs' views; Primary care; Psychology service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 40849145609     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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