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‘I guess I’ll wait to hear’—communication of blood test results in primary care a qualitative study

Jessica Watson, Chris Salisbury, Penny F Whiting, William T Hamilton and Jonathan Banks
British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (723): e747-e754. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0069
Jessica Watson
Centre for Academic Primary Care;
PhD, MRCGP
Roles: NIHR academic clinical lecturer
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Chris Salisbury
Centre for Academic Primary Care;
MSc, MD, FRCGP
Roles: Professor of primary health care
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Penny F Whiting
Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol.
BA, MSc, PhD
Roles: Professor of clinical epidemiology
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William T Hamilton
University of Exeter, Exeter.
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Roles: Professor of primary care diagnostics
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Jonathan Banks
Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol and National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration West, Bristol.
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Roles: Senior research fellow in ethnography
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vol. 72 no. 723 e747-e754
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0069
PubMed 
35817586

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Royal College of General Practitioners
Print ISSN 
0960-1643
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1478-5242
History 
  • Received February 4, 2022
  • Revision requested March 17, 2022
  • Accepted May 24, 2022
  • Published online September 29, 2022.

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  1. Jessica Watson, PhD, MRCGP, NIHR academic clinical lecturer
  1. Centre for Academic Primary Care;
  1. Chris Salisbury, MSc, MD, FRCGP, Professor of primary health care
  1. Centre for Academic Primary Care;
  1. Penny F Whiting, BA, MSc, PhD, Professor of clinical epidemiology
  1. Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol.
  1. William T Hamilton, MD, FRCGP, FRCP, Professor of primary care diagnostics
  1. University of Exeter, Exeter.
  1. Jonathan Banks, BA, PhD, Senior research fellow in ethnography
  1. Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol and National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration West, Bristol.
  1. Address for correspondence
    Jessica Watson, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. Email: Jessica.Watson{at}bristol.ac.uk
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Jessica Watson, Chris Salisbury, Penny F Whiting, William T Hamilton, Jonathan Banks
British Journal of General Practice 2022; 72 (723): e747-e754. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0069

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