Beyond fighting fires and chasing tails? Chronic illness care plans in Ontario, Canada

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-153

  Russell, Grant ^a,b   Thille, Patricia ^a   Hogg, William ^a   Lemelin, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Chronic disease; Family practice; Patient care management; Patient care planning; Patient participation; Patient centered care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 41149095486     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.793     Document Type: Article

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