New Zealand men's health care: Are we meeting the needs of men in general practice?

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-310

  McKinlay, Eileen ^a   Kljakovic, Marjan ^b   McBain, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; General practitioner; Men's health; New Zealand; Practice nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MEN'S HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957007053     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc09302     Document Type: Article

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