How patients perceive minor illness and factors influencing seeing a doctor

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-164

  Cantrill, Judy ^a   Morris, Caroline ^a   Weiss, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general practitioner consultation; minor ailment; patients perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650800455     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423606pc281oa     Document Type: Article

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