Satisfaction with referral relationships between general practice and allied health professionals in Australian primary health care

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-258

  Chan, Bibiana ^a   Proudfoot, Judy ^b   Zwar, Nick ^a   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES EDUCATOR; DIETITIAN; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEASURE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY LINKAGES QUESTIONNAIRE; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PODIATRIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERRAL SATISFACTION; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMA NURSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80052508854     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10026     Document Type: Article

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