Physicians' opinions on patients' requests for specific treatments and examinations

Health Expectations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-53

  Toiviainen, Hanna K ^a   Vuorenkoski, Lauri ^a   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Patient demand; Patient requests; Physicians' experiences; Physicians' opinions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 14844282740     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2004.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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