In search of attachment: A qualitative study of chronically ill women transitioning between family physicians in rural Ontario, Canada

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Randall, Ellen ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Goldsmith, Laurie J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Canada; Continuity; Family medicine; Rural; Unattached patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ONTARIO; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872508819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-125     Document Type: Article

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