When doctors disagree: A qualitative study of doctors' and parents' views on the risks of childhood food allergy

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-219

  Hu, Wendy ^a,b   Grbich, Carol ^c   Kemp, Andrew ^d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice variation; Doctor patient relations; Food allergy; Risk; Social values; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 49749089738     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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