Medical anxiety and the choice for treatment: The development of an instrument to measure fear of treatment

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 927-935

  Van Balen, Frank ^b   Verdurmen, Jacqueline ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Decision making; Infertility; Instrument; Medical anxiety; Medical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033260506     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449908407357     Document Type: Article

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