Improvement of care for the physical health of patients with severe mental illness: A qualitative study assessing the view of patients and families

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Hasselt, Fenneke M ^a,b   Oud, Marian Jt ^c   Loonen, Anton Jm ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Westelijk Noord Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Delta Mental Health Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community mental Health services; General practice; Health promotion; Patient participation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84885715901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-426     Document Type: Article

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