Trust, temporality and systems: How do patients understand patient safety in primary care? A qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 253-263

  Rhodes, Penny ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^a   Sanders, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Patient safety; Patients' perceptions; Primary care; Systems; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 84961197575     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12342     Document Type: Article

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