Mechanisms for communicating within primary health care teams

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1216-1222

  Brown, Judith Belle ^a,b   Lewis, Laura ^c   Ellis, Kathy ^b   Stewart, Moira ^a   Freeman, Thomas R ^a   Kasperski, M Janet ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d Ontario College of Family Physicians ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETITIAN; E-MAIL; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73249136948     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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