Problems and challenges in relation to the treatment of patients with multimorbidity: General practitioners' views and attitudes

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-126

  Sondergaard, Elisabeth ^a   Willadsen, Tora Grauers ^a   Guassora, Ann Dorrit ^a   Vestergaard, Mogens ^b   Tomasdottir, Margret Olafia ^c   Borgquist, Lars ^d   Holmberg Marttila, Doris ^e   Olivarius, Niels De Fine ^a   Reventlow, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Denmark; Finland; General practice; General practitioner; Iceland; Multimorbidity; Nordic countries; Primary care; Qualitative study; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937893229     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2015.1041828     Document Type: Article

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