Patient choice: An exploration of primary care dermatology patients' values and expectations of care

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Horrocks, Sue ^a   Coast, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatology; GPs with a special interest (GPSI); Patient preferences; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAIL INFECTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 34548282548     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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