Is the routine recording of primary care consultations possible ... and desirable? Lessons for researchers from a consultation with multiple stakeholders

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-253

  Rushmer, Rosemary ^a   Themessel Huber, Mark ^b   Coyle, Joanne ^c   Humphris, Gerry ^c   Dowell, Jon ^b   Williams, Brian ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio recording; Consultation study; GP patient consultations; Longitudinal data linkage; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORDING; VIDEORECORDING; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORKLOAD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TAPE RECORDING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78651511001     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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