Elective surgical referral guidelines - Background educational material or essential shared decision making tool? A survey of GPs' in England

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Blundell, Naomi ^a   Taylor Phillips, Sian ^b   Spitzer, David ^c   Martin, Steven ^b   Forde, Ian ^d   Clarke, Aileen ^b  

^a Freelance Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family Practice MeSH ; Operative MeSH ; Practice Guidelines MeSH ; Primary Health Care MeSH ; Referral and Consultation MeSH Surgical Procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 80052108233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-92     Document Type: Article

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