The fibromyalgia diagnosis - Hardly helpful for the patients? A qualitative focus group study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-255

  Undeland, Merete ^a,b,e   Malterud, Kirsti ^c,d  

^a Buskerud Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Research Unit for General Practice   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Family practice; Fibromyalgia; Focus group; Physician patient relation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 36549088615     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430701706568     Document Type: Article

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