Demanding patient or demanding encounter?: A case study of a cancer clinic

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-737

  Stacey, Clare Louise ^a   Henderson, Stuart ^b   MacArthur, Kelly R ^a   Dohan, Daniel ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Consumerism; Demanding patients; Difficult patients; Doctor patient interaction; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749120831     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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