Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in Australian General Practice
General practitioners (GP) play a vital role in referring prospective parents to a maternity model of care. Despite their gatekeeping role, there is limited research exploring the referral process from the GP perspective. A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to explore and describe the...
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| description | General practitioners (GP) play a vital role in referring prospective parents to a maternity model of care. Despite their gatekeeping role, there is limited research exploring the referral process from the GP perspective. A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to explore and describe the factors influencing Australian GPs' decision-making when referring pregnant women to maternity models of care. Both GP and Women's Factors' influence referral decisions, Primary Healthcare Networks are critical to addressing gaps. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-935722023-10-20T07:29:35Z Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in Australian General Practice Thomas, Jaime General practitioners (GP) play a vital role in referring prospective parents to a maternity model of care. Despite their gatekeeping role, there is limited research exploring the referral process from the GP perspective. A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to explore and describe the factors influencing Australian GPs' decision-making when referring pregnant women to maternity models of care. Both GP and Women's Factors' influence referral decisions, Primary Healthcare Networks are critical to addressing gaps. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93572 Curtin University restricted |
| spellingShingle | Thomas, Jaime Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in Australian General Practice |
| title | Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in
Australian General Practice |
| title_full | Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in
Australian General Practice |
| title_fullStr | Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in
Australian General Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in
Australian General Practice |
| title_short | Factors Influencing Referral to Maternity Models of Care in
Australian General Practice |
| title_sort | factors influencing referral to maternity models of care in
australian general practice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93572 |