Lifelong learning, its facilitators and barriers in primary care settings: A qualitative study

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-169

  Boudioni, Markella ^a   McLaren, Susan M ^a   Woods, Leslie P ^a   Lemma, Ferew ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barriers; facilitators; lifelong learning; primary care; qualitative study; workforce strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011517453     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423607000187     Document Type: Article

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