Health care communication issues in multiple sclerosis: An interpretive description

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Thorne, Sally ^a   Con, Andrea ^b   McGuinness, Liza ^a   McPherson, Gladys ^a   Harris, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health care communication; Illness experience; Interpretive description; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 1342265237     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303259618     Document Type: Article

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