Patients with skin disease and their relationships with their doctors: A qualitative study of patients with acne, psoriasis and eczema

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-64

  Magin, Parker J ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Heading, Gaynor S ^c   Pond, C Dimity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; STRESS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TIME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 59349099445     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02276.x     Document Type: Article

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