'These reforms killed me': Doctors' perceptions of family medicine during the transition from communism to capitalism

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-443

  Czachowski, Slawomir ^a   Pawlikowska, Teresa ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Health care reform; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NARRATIVE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; POLAND; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SKILL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961081773     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr003     Document Type: Article

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