Do parents and physicians differ in making decisions about acute otitis media?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Sorum, Paul Clay ^a   Shim, Junseop ^a   Chasseigne, Gérard ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^a   Sastre, María Teresa Muñoz ^a   Stewart, Thomas ^a   González Vallejo, Claudia ^a  

^a Albany Med Primary Care Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media non MESH ; Antibiotics; Decision making; France; Parents non MESH

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036143237     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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