An exploration of food intolerance in the primary care setting: The general practitioner's experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1038-1045

  Nelson, Mia ^a   Ogden, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical uncertainty; Disputed diagnoses; Food intolerance; General practitioner (GP); Primary care; UK

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349109462     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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