Correction: Patients' perspectives on the medical primary-secondary care interface: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research (BMJ Open (2015) 5 (e008708) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008708);Patients' perspectives on the medical primary-secondary care interface: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Sampson, Rod ^a   Cooper, Jamie ^b   Barbour, Rosaline ^c   Polson, Rob ^d   Wilson, Philip ^e  

^a Cairn Medical Practice Ardlarich   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Health Science   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COORDINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDLINE; PERSONAL VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY CARE;

EID: 84948971696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008708corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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