Factors involved in deciding to start preventive treatment: Qualitative study of clinicians' and lay people's attitudes

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7419, 2003, Pages 841-844

  Lewis, David K ^a,c   Robinson, Jude ^b   Wilkinson, Ewan ^a  

^a Central Liverpool Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Vauxhall Primary Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC AGENT;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TABLET; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0142028808     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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