Performing stable angina pectoris: An ethnographic study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1497-1508

  Somerville, Claire ^a   Featherstone, Katie ^b   Hemingway, Harry ^c   Timmis, Adam ^d   Feder, Gene Solomon ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina diagnosis; Chest pain; Decision making; Doctor patient interaction; Ethnography; Narrative; Symptoms; UK

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SYMPTOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHEST PAIN; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NARRATION; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGINA;

EID: 43049127832     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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