Older patients' attitudes to general practice registrars. A qualitative study

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 927-931

  Bonney, Andrew ^a   Phillipson, Lyn ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Iverson, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73049105394     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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