Whose job is it anyway? Swedish general practitioners' perception of their responsibility for the patient's drug list

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Rahmner, Pia Bastholm ^a,b,c   Gustafsson, Lars L ^a,d   Holmström, Inger ^c   Rosenqvist, Urban ^c   Tomson, Göran ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug history; Family practice; Medications; Phenomenography; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77649094485     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1074     Document Type: Article

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