Rural/urban differences in accounts of patients' initial decisions to consult primary care

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-221

  Farmer, Jane ^a   Iversen, Lisa ^b   Campbell, Neil C ^b   Guest, Clare ^a   Chesson, Rosemary ^c   Deans, George ^d   MacDonald, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e High Vennel Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consulting; General practice; Patient doctor relationships; Patients' decision making; Primary health care; Rural health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 28844436069     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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