Whose illness is it anyway? Why patient perceptions matter

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 551-556

  Cooper, A F ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031773053     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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