Patients' written life stories: A gateway for understanding

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Ehrenreich, Benny ^a   Hilden, Jens ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^b,c  

^a General Practitioners ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Family practice; Qualitative study; Written life stories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; THINKING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847203209     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430600958443     Document Type: Article

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