Clinical inertia in general practice, a matter of debate: A qualitative study with 114 general practitioners in Belgium

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Aujoulat, Isabelle ^a   Jacquemin, Patricia ^a   Hermans, Michel P ^a   Rietzschel, Ernst ^b   Scheen, André ^c   Tréfois, Patrick ^d   Darras, Elisabeth ^a   Wens, Johan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Société Scientifique de Médecine Géné rale SSMG   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84923927771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0221-1     Document Type: Article

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