Qualitative insights into general practitioners views on polypharmacy

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Anthierens, Sibyl ^a,b   Tansens, Anneleen ^c   Petrovic, Mirko ^b,d   Christiaens, Thierry ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 77956537379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-65     Document Type: Article

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