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Primary care physicians’ perspectives on facilitating older patients’ access to community support services

Qualitative case study

Jenny Ploeg, Margaret Denton, Brian Hutchison, Carrie McAiney, Ainsley Moore, Kevin Brazil, Joseph Tindale and Annie Lam
Canadian Family Physician January 2017; 63 (1) e31-e42;

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vol. 63 no. 1 e31-e42
PubMed 
28115458
Published By 
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online January 23, 2017.
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  1. Jenny Ploeg, RN MScN PhD⇑
  1. Professor in the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences and an associate member of the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Scientific Director of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Jenny Ploeg; e-mail ploegj{at}mcmaster.ca
  1. Margaret Denton, MA PhD
  1. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health, Aging and Society and the Department of Sociology at McMaster University.
  1. Brian Hutchison, MD MSc FCFP
  1. Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine, the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University.
  1. Carrie McAiney, MA PhD
  1. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and Director of Research and Evaluation for the Seniors Mental Health Service at St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.
  1. Ainsley Moore, MD MSc CCFP
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and a family physician at Stonechurch Family Health Centre.
  1. Kevin Brazil, MA PhD
  1. Professor of Palliative Care in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
  1. Joseph Tindale, PhD MA
  1. College Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Ontario.
  1. Annie Lam, RN
  1. Master’s in Science of Nursing student at McMaster University, a research assistant at the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit at McMaster University, and a registered nurse.
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Jenny Ploeg, Margaret Denton, Brian Hutchison, Carrie McAiney, Ainsley Moore, Kevin Brazil, Joseph Tindale, Annie Lam
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