Patient-practitioner agreement: Does it matter?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-251

  Gabbay, M ^a,b,c   Shiels, C ^a,b,c   Bower, P ^a,b,c   Sibbald, B ^a,b,c   King, M ^a,b,c   Ward, E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037321594     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006992     Document Type: Article

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