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Recruiting general practitioners for surveys: reflections on the difficulties and some lessons learned

Anne Parkinson A F , Louisa Jorm B C , Kirsty A. Douglas D , Alison Gee A , Ginny M. Sargent A E , Sanja Lujic B and Ian S. McRae A
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A Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, The Australian National University, Building 63, Corner Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

B Centre for Health Research, Building 3, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.

C Sax Institute, PO Box K617, Haymarket, NSW 1240, Australia.

D Australian National University Medical School, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Building 42, Linnaeus Way, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

E National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Building 62, Corner Mills and Eggleston Roads, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

F Corresponding author. Email: anne.parkinson@anu.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 21(2) 254-258 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY13129
Submitted: 12 September 2013  Accepted: 21 January 2014   Published: 3 March 2014



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