Community assessment workshops: A group method for gathering client experiences of health services

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-56

  Freeman, Toby ^a   Jolley, Gwyn ^a   Baum, Fran ^a,b   Lawless, Angela ^a   Javanparast, Sara ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clients; Evaluation; Focus group; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84889671906     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12060     Document Type: Article

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