'Is it normal to feel these questions...?': A content analysis of the health concerns of adolescent girls writing to a magazine

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-203

  Kang, Melissa ^a   Cannon, Bianca ^a   Remond, Louise ^b   Quine, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent medicine; Communication skills; Consultation; Doctor patient relationship; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; COMMUNICATION; DISCLOSURE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 66749133443     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp019     Document Type: Article

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