Chronically ill Canadians experiences of being unattached to a family doctor: A qualitative study of marginalized patients in British Columbia

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Agarwal, Gina ^b   Harrison, Angela ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84864676557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-69     Document Type: Article

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