GPs' considerations in multimorbidity management: A qualitative study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 600, 2012, Pages

  Luijks, Hilde D ^a   Loeffen, Maartje J W ^a   Lagro Janssen, Antoine L ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a   Lucassen, Peter L ^a   Schermer, Tjard R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Focus groups; Multimorbidity; Patient centredness; Primary care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; URBANIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84865028484     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X652373     Document Type: Article

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