The value of qualitative research in urogynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-6

  Doshani, A ^a,d   Pitchforth, E ^b   Mayne, C ^a   Tincello, D G ^c  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; UROLOGY;

EID: 57349161372     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01924.x     Document Type: Note

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