GPs' perspectives on preventive care for older people: A focus group study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 604, 2012, Pages

  Drewes, Yvonne M ^a   Koenen, Julia M ^a   De Ruijter, Wouter ^a   Van Dijk vanDijk, D J Annemarie ^a   Van Der Weele, Gerda M ^a   Middelkoop, Barend J C ^a   Reis, Ria ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Focus groups; General practice; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE CARE; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84865077585     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X658296     Document Type: Review

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