How patients' experiences contribute to decision making: Illustrations from DIPEx (personal experiences of health and illness)

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-439

  Ziebland, Sue ^a,c   Herxheimer, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DIPEx ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential evidence; Narratives; Patients' experiences; Qualitative interviews; Screening decisions; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 42149087221     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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