'Meeting people where they're at': Experiences of family physicians engaging women who use illicit drugs

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-249

  Woolhouse, Susan ^a   Brown, Judith Belle ^b   Thind, Amardeep ^b  

^a South Riverdale Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Patient centered care; Patient physician relationship; Substance abuse; Women's health

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAPE RECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79957621400     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1225     Document Type: Article

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