Exploring men's and women's experiences of depression and engagement with health professionals: More similarities than differences? A qualitative interview study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Emslie, Carol ^a   Ridge, Damien ^b   Ziebland, Sue ^c   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34547837434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-43     Document Type: Article

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