Why do patients want to have their blood tested? A qualitative study of patient expectations in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Van Bokhoven, Marloes A ^a   Pleunis van Empel, Marjolein C H ^a   Koch, Hèlen ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847189538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-75     Document Type: Article

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