Patients' attitudes to general practice registrars: A review of the literature

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 371-378

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consultation; Continuity of care; Older patients; Patient preference; Trainee

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGISTER; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; TRUST;

EID: 73449083415     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2009.11493812     Document Type: Review

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