Back pain and the resolution of diagnostic uncertainty in illness narratives

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1045-1054

  Lillrank, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Finland; Medical uncertainty; Narrative

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 0037700967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00479-3     Document Type: Article

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