'It would be good to know you're not alone': The health care needs of women with menstrual symptoms

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-254

  Byles, Julie E ^a,c   Hanrahan, Pauline F ^b   Schofield, Margot J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor patient interaction; Dysmenorrhoea; Menorrhagia; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSMENORRHEA; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030950311     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.3.249     Document Type: Article

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