Choosing to attend an asthma doctor: A qualitative study in adults attending emergency departments

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Douglass, J ^b   Goeman, D ^b   Aroni, R ^a   Thien, F ^b   Abramson, M ^b   Stewart, K ^b   Sawyer, S M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Asthma; Bodily experience; Chronic illness; Discourse; Doctor patient relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 1842865780     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh211     Document Type: Article

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