Attitudes of women with chronic pelvic pain to the gynaecological consultation: A qualitative study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 446-452

  Price, J ^a,b   Farmer, G ^b   Harris, J ^a   Hope, T ^a   Kennedy, S ^b   Mayou, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes to treatment; Chronic pelvic pain; Doctor patient communication; Outpatient care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEORY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33645228387     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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