Under the watchful eye of 'a benevolent dictator': General practitioner and patient experiences of hepatitis c treatment initiation and shared-care in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 900-903

  Hopwood, Max ^a   Treloar, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communicable infectious diseases; Delivery of health care; Hepatitis C; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84891648233     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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