Why do doctors issue sick notes? An experimental questionnaire study in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Campbell, Amaryllis ^a   Ogden, Jane ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Doctors' beliefs; Sick notes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 37849188253     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi099     Document Type: Article

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