Second opinion behaviour among Japanese primary care patients

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 444, 1999, Pages 546-550

  Sato, Takeshi ^a   Takeichi, Masashi ^b   Hara, Tomihide ^b   Koizumi, Shunzo ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Primary care; Questionnaire; Second opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032779903     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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