GPs' experiences with loneliness

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 973-976

  van Ravesteijn, Hiske ^a   Lucassen, Peter ^a   van der Akker, Marjan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 58149475854     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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