Women's needs and wants when seeing the GP in relation to menopausal issues

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-121

  Hvas, Lotte ^a   Reventlow, Susanne ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Family practice; Health services needs and demand; Menopause; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE;

DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3042536005     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430410005964     Document Type: Article

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