Community group practices in Canada: Are they ready to reform their practice?

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Murray, Suzanne ^a   Silver, Ivan ^b,c   Patel, Dilip ^d   Dupuis, Martin ^a   Hayes, Sean M ^a   Davis, Dave ^e  

^a Axdev   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Change readiness; Group practice; Healthcare reform; Multidisciplinary group practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 47249101644     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.160     Document Type: Article

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