Divided by a lack of common language? - A qualitative study exploring the use of language by health professionals treating back pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Barker, Karen L ^a,b   Reid, Margaret ^c   Lowe, Catherine J Minns ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Qualitative Researcher at Margaret Reid Research and Planning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTARY WORKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACK PAIN; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449395445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-123     Document Type: Article

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