Lonely patients in general practice: A call for revealing GPs' emotions? A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-509

  van der Zwet, Jonne ^a   Koelewijn van Loon, Marije S ^a   van den Akker, Marjan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Loneliness; Psychosocial; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POWERLESSNESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70450206337     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp059     Document Type: Article

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