Doctors' attitudes to fibromyalgia: A phenomenological study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 232-237

  Hellström, Olle ^a   Mattsson, Bengt ^a   Bullington, Jennifer ^b   Karlsson, Gunnar ^c   Lindqvist, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

doctor patient relationship; empirical phenomenological psychological (EPP) method; fibromyalgia; GPs; interviews; qualitative research; rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FRUSTRATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 21544477780     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948980260030201     Document Type: Article

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