Entry into the health care system: The family's decision-making process

Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-118

  Dowds, Barbara Noel ^a   Bibace, Roger ^b  

^a REGIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SIMULATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROLE PLAYING;

EID: 0030043501     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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