Unwritten rules of talking to doctors about depression: Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-309

  Wittink, Marsha N ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a   Gallo, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Communication; Depression; Primary health care; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33746887853     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.558     Document Type: Article

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