Patients' attitudes to comforting touch in family practice

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 46, Issue DEC., 2000, Pages 2411-2416

  Osmun, W E ^a,b   Brown, J B ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a   Graham, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER; TOUCH;

EID: 0034566855     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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