Help-seeking process in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Part 2: Discussion

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 28-32

  Bourgault, Patricia ^a   Devroede, Ghislain ^a   St Cyr Tribble, Denise ^a   Marchand, Serge ^b   de Souza, Juliana Barcellos ^a  

^a Department of Nursing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Help seeking; Irritable bowel syndrome; Mixed method

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549109036     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2009.6.10.37852     Document Type: Article

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