"What lies beneath it all?" - An interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Carlsen, Benedicte ^a   Norheim, Ole F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 55849125838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-218     Document Type: Article

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