General practitioners and carers: A questionnaire survey of attitudes, awareness of issues, barriers and enablers to provision of services

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Greenwood, Nan ^a   MacKenzie, Ann ^a   Habibi, Ruth ^a   Atkins, Christine ^a   Jones, Ray ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78650275515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-100     Document Type: Article

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