Pathways from symptoms to medical care: A descriptive study of symptom development and obstacles to early diagnosis in brain tumour patients

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Salander, Pär ^a   Bergenheim, A Tommy ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Henriksson, Roger ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Cancer; Delay; Primary care; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SPOUSE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033033096     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.2.143     Document Type: Article

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