Many people with epilepsy want to know more: A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-441

  Prinjha, Suman ^a   Chapple, Alison ^a   Herxheimer, Andrew ^a   McPherson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concordance; Epilepsy; Information; Internet; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INFORMATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEMORY DISORDER; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 27144481607     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi024     Document Type: Article

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