General Practitioner's View of the Home Nursing Service
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General practitioners' experiences as nursing home medical consultants.
OBJECTIVE To describe general practitioners' experiences of being the principal physician responsible for a nursing home. METHOD Fifteen general practitioners assigned to a nursing home participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews. Data were analysed using systematic text condensation. RESULT Medical assessment is the main duty of general practitioners. Advance care planning toget...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5654.438