Why are patients removed from their doctors' lists? A comparison of patients' and doctors' accounts of removal

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-518

  Sampson, Fiona ^a   Munro, James ^a   Pickin, Mark ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De registration; Doctor patient relationship; GP lists; Removals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 4844228395     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh507     Document Type: Article

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