Barriers to patient information provision in primary care: Patients' and general practitioners' experiences and expectations of information for low back pain

Health Expectations

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  McIntosh, Aileen ^a   Shaw, Clare F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Doctor patient communication; Patient information; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 0037363765     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2003.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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