The myth of agency and patient choice in health care? The case of drug treatments to prevent coronary disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2698-2701

  Bryan, Stirling ^a   Gill, Paramjit ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Gutridge, Kerry ^a   Marshall, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency relationship; Choice; Coronary disease; Drug treatments; UK

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749253107     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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