What’s in a name? An experimental study of patients’ views of the impact and function of a diagnosis

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-253

  Ogden, Jane ^a   Branson, Ruben ^a   Bryett, Annie ^a   Campbell, Amaryllis ^a   Febles, Alberto ^a   Ferguson, Ian ^a   Lavender, Hilary ^a   Mizan, Jacques ^a   Simpson, Robin ^a   Tayler, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doctor patient communication; General practice; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SORE THROAT; STOMACH DISEASE; THROAT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SICK ROLE; STOMACH DISEASES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0038009224     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg304     Document Type: Article

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