Delivering the diagnosis of MS - Results of a survey among patients and neurologists

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Heesen, C ^a,b   Kolbeck, J ^a   Gold, S M ^a   Schulz, H ^a   Schulz, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis telling; Health expectations; Medical decision making; Multiple sclerosis; Patient information; Therapy information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0038692272     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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