How experiencing preventable medical problems changed patients' interactions with primary health care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 537-544

  Elder, Nancy C ^a   Jacobson, C Jeffrey ^a   Zink, Therese ^b   Hasse, Lora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Patients; Primary health care; Professional patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 31544472344     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.346     Document Type: Article

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