Stool submission by general practitioners in SW England - When, why and how? A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Lasseter, Gemma ^a   Newby, Katie ^b   Joshi, Puja ^b   Yoxall, Harry ^c   Kumaran, Kalyanaraman ^d   Obrien, Sarah J ^e   Evans, Mark ^f  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c Blackbrook Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d South West ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Laboratory submission; Microbiology; National guidance; Primary care; Qualitative; Stool specimens

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DIARRHEA; ENGLAND; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84864535435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-77     Document Type: Article

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