Spotlight on focus groups

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-219

  Leung, Fok Han ^a   Savithiri, Ratnapalan ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ONTARIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60749126983     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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