Acute cough: A qualitative analysis of how GPs manage the consultation when patients explicitly or implicitly expect antibiotic prescriptions

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 500-506

  Altiner, Attila ^a   Knauf, André ^a   Moebes, Jette ^a   Sielk, Martin ^a   Wilm, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Attitudes; Consultation; Prescriptions; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; MYRTOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COUGH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 4844227883     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh505     Document Type: Article

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