Simply no time? Barriers to GPs' participation in primary health care research

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Hummers Pradier, Eva ^a   Scheidt Nave, Christa ^b,c   Martin, Heike ^b   Heinemann, Stephanie ^b   Kochen, Michael M ^b   Himmel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Electronic patient records; General practice; Health services research; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44449099133     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn015     Document Type: Article

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