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Experiences of primary healthcare professionals and patients from an area of urban disadvantage: a qualitative study.

Jennifer Reath, Marlee King, Walter Kmet, Diana O'Halloran, Ronald Brooker, Diana Aspinall, Hani Bittar, Thava Seelan, Michael Burke and Tim Usherwood
BJGP Open 2019; 3 (4): bjgpopen19X101676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101676
Jennifer Reath
1 Professor, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
MBBS, MMed, FRACGP, MAICD
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Marlee King
2 Sessional Academic, School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
BA, BSocSc, PhD
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Walter Kmet
3 Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie University Hospital and Clincial Service, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
4 Conjoint Associate Professor, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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Diana O'Halloran
5 Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
6 Chair, WentWest Ltd, Sydney, Australia
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Ronald Brooker
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Diana Aspinall
8 Consumer Representative, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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Hani Bittar
9 General Practitioner and Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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Thava Seelan
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vol. 3 no. 4 bjgpopen19X101676
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101676
PubMed 
31772038

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received August 6, 2019
  • Accepted August 27, 2019
  • Published online January 23, 2020.

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  1. Jennifer Reath, MBBS, MMed, FRACGP, MAICD1,*,
  2. Marlee King, BA, BSocSc, PhD2,
  3. Walter Kmet, BComm, MBT, FAICD, GDip HServMgt3,4,
  4. Diana O'Halloran, MBBS, MPHEd, FRACGP, FAICD5,6,
  5. Ronald Brooker, BA, LLB, PhD7,
  6. Diana Aspinall, RN8,
  7. Hani Bittar, MBBS, MA, MFamMed, FRACGP9,
  8. Thava Seelan, MBBS, MPH&TM, FRACGP, DCH10,
  9. Michael Burke, BSc, MBBS, MPH&TM, PhD, FRACGP, FACTM, FACRRM11 and
  10. Tim Usherwood, BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRAGP12
  1. 1 Professor, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  2. 2 Sessional Academic, School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  3. 3 Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie University Hospital and Clincial Service, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  4. 4 Conjoint Associate Professor, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  5. 5 Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  6. 6 Chair, WentWest Ltd, Sydney, Australia
  7. 7 Research Affiliate, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  8. 8 Consumer Representative, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  9. 9 General Practitioner and Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  10. 10 General Practitioner and Conjoint Lecturer, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  11. 11 General Practitioner and Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
  12. 12 Professor of General Practice and Head of Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Jennifer Reath, j.reath{at}westernsydney.edu.au
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