How health professionals perceive and experience treating people on social assistance: A qualitative study among dentists in Montreal, Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bedos, Christophe ^a,b   Loignon, Christine ^c   Landry, Anne ^d   Allison, Paul J ^a   Richard, Lucie ^b,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^e Faculté de Sciences Infirmières   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentists; Health Care; Poverty; Qualitative research; Semi structured interviews; Social assistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENTIST; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTISTS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC;

EID: 84887030539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-464     Document Type: Article

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