Disfigurement - Neglected in primary care?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 486, 2003, Pages 6-8

  Charlton, Rodger ^a   Rumsey, Nichola ^b   Partridge, James ^e   Barlow, Julie ^c   Saul, Krysia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d Warwick West Midlands   (United Kingdom)

^e Changing Faces   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACE DISORDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF ESTEEM;

ABNORMALITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037214944     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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