"The pain isn't as disabling as it used to be": How can the patient experience empowerment instead of vulnerability in the consultation?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 41-46

  Werner, Anne ^a,d   Malterud, Kirsti ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Helsetilsynet i Oslo og Akershus   (Norway)

Author keywords

(Women) patients' perspectives; Chronic pain; Doctor patient relationship; Gender; Medically unexplained disorders; Qualitative interviews; Recognition 'recovery competence'; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SATISFACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPOWERMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HYSTERIA; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NARRATION; PAIN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SICK LEAVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 27744606972     PISSN: 14034956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950510033363     Document Type: Article

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