'We can do only what we have the means for' general practitioners' views of primary care for older people with complex health problems Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, education, and communication

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Herzog, Anna ^a,b,c   Gaertner, Beate ^a,b   Scheidt Nave, Christa ^b   Holzhausen, Martin ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude; Comprehensive health care; General practitioners; Geriatric health services; Primary health care; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84925444332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0249-2     Document Type: Article

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