Patients' experience of epilepsy and health care

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Mills, Nicola ^a   Bachmann, Max ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a   McGowan, Mervyn ^b   Hine, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b N W Bristol Gen Pract L   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Health care; Patients' perspective; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030887539     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.2.117     Document Type: Article

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