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Table 1 Details of inclusion/exclusion criteria

From: Patient-centred care in general dental practice - a systematic review of the literature

Inclusion

Exclusion

Published between January 1970 and February 2013

Published prior to 1970

Published in English and full-text accessible

Articles which were not available in English or full text unavailable

Content directly relevant to dentistry or related disciplines

Not concerned with the field of dentistry

Articles investigating the conceptual framework or dimensions of patient-centred care

Articles not directly related to “patient-centred care”

Any publication undertaking primary research into PCC irrespective of type of study design

Opinion articles, reviews or reports of non-original research