The role and impact of facilitators in primary care: Findings from the implementation of the Gold Standards Framework for palliative care

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-47

  Petrova, Mila ^a   Dale, Jeremy ^a   Munday, Daniel ^a   Koistinen, Janice ^a   Agarwal, Shona ^a   Lall, Ranjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitators; Health care MeSH ; Health personnel MeSH ; Organizational innovation MeSH ; Palliative care MeSH ; Primary health care MeSH ; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACILITATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NORTHERN IRELAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77950510559     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp066     Document Type: Article

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