Relationship continuity: When and why do primary care patients think it is safer?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 629, 2014, Pages e758-e764

  Rhodes, Penny ^a   Sanders, Caroline ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Patient safety; Patients' perceptions; Primary care; Systems; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKILL; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING ROOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84919334393     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X682825     Document Type: Article

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