How people decide to seek health care: A qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1516-1524

  Shaw, C ^a   Brittain, K ^b   Tansey, R ^c   Williams, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care seeking behaviour; Psychological models; Qualitative research; Urinary tract diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 50549093596     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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