Qualities men value when communicating with general practitioners: Implications for primary care settings

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 618-621

  Smith, James A ^a   Braunack Mayer, Annette J ^a   Wittert, Gary A ^a   Warin, Megan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 58149337374     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02214.x     Document Type: Article

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