Telephone consulting in primary care: A triangulated qualitative study of patients and providers

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 563, 2009, Pages 433-440

  McKinstry, Brian ^a   Watson, Philip ^a   Pinnock, Hilary ^a   Heaney, David ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Health care quality, access; Physician patient relations; Telephone consulting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TELECONSULTATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 67649580548     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X420941     Document Type: Article

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