To be a helpless helpoholic - GPs' experiences of women patients with non-specific muscular pain

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-247

  Lundh, Christel ^a,c   Segesten, Kerstin ^a,b   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c Box 454 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; General practice; Helplessness; Non specific symptoms; Pain; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYALGIA; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 10044272000     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430410006756     Document Type: Article

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