Patient participation groups in general practice: What are they for, where are they going?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gillam, Stephen ^a   Newbould, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; ROLE PLAYING;

ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ROLE;

EID: 84960145877     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i673     Document Type: Article

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