Continuity of care: Differing conceptions and values

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 915-921

  Delva, Dianne ^a   Kerr, Jonathan ^b   Schultz, Karen ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 80051756879     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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