The views of key leaders in South Africa on implementation of family medicine: Critical role in the district health system

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moosa, Shabir ^a   Mash, Bob ^b   Derese, Anselme ^c   Peersman, Wim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Family physician; Health systems; Key opinion leaders; Primary health care; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902936524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-125     Document Type: Article

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