Out-of-hours palliative care provided by GP co-operatives in the Netherlands: A focus group study

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Schweitzer, Bart ^a   Blankenstein, Nettie ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Van Der Horst, Henriëtte ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

focus group; General practice; information transfer; out of hours; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051979854     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2011.584182     Document Type: Article

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