Patients' views of low back pain and its management in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 404, 1996, Pages 153-156

  Skelton, A M ^a,d   Murphy, E A ^b   Murphy, R J L ^a   O'Dowd, T C ^c  

^a School of Education   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Social Studies

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backache; Management of disease; Patient attitude; Patient health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0029940940     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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