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What makes a good general practice consultation? An exploratory pilot study with people from a low socioeconomic background

Naomi MacPherson, Binh Ta, Lauren Ball, Nilakshi Gunatillaka and Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss
BJGP Open 2024; 8 (2): BJGPO.2023.0160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0160
Naomi MacPherson
1 School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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2 Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health and School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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vol. 8 no. 2 BJGPO.2023.0160
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0160
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38331468

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Royal College of General Practitioners
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  • Received August 31, 2023
  • Revision received October 31, 2023
  • Accepted November 24, 2023
  • Published online July 29, 2024.

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  1. Naomi MacPherson1,
  2. Binh Ta1,
  3. Lauren Ball2,
  4. Nilakshi Gunatillaka1 and
  5. Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss1,*
  1. 1 School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  2. 2 Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health and School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, liz.sturgiss{at}monash.edu
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  • health inequities
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