Are sore throat patients who hope for antibiotics actually asking for pain relief?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 494-499

  Van Driel, Mieke L ^a   De Sutter, An ^a   Deveugele, Myriam ^a   Peersman, Wim ^b   Butler, Christopher C ^a   De Meyere, Marc ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a   Christiaens, Thierry ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Artevelde Hogeschool   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Evidence based medicine; Family practice; Patient expectations; Physician's practice patterns; Physician patient relations; Prescriptions; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEER GROUP; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33845493685     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.609     Document Type: Article

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