Focus group research and "the patient's view"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2091-2104

  Lehoux, Pascale ^a   Poland, Blake ^b   Daudelin, Genevieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Experiential knowledge; Focus group methodology; High tech home care; Patient's perspectives

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITION; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748195967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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