Investigating the role of the general practitioner in cancer prevention: A mixed methods study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  McIlfatrick, Sonja ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^a   McKenna, Hugh ^a   McCarley, Nigel ^a   McElwee, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cancer Focus NI ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; General practitioners; Health promotion; Mixed methods; Prevention; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877035275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-58     Document Type: Article

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