Perceptions around concordance - Focus groups and semi-structured interviews conducted with consumers, pharmacists and general practitioners

Health Expectations

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-234

  Bajramovic, Jasmina ^a   Emmerton, Lynne ^a   Tett, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Concordance; Expectations; Focus group; Opinions; Semi structured interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PATIENTS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 4444342160     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2004.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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