Qualitative research investigating patterns of health care behavior among Korean patients with chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-817

  Yang, Jin Hyang ^a   Cho, Myung Ok ^b   Lee, Hae Ok ^c  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Ethnography; Health care behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH KOREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 74049156397     PISSN: 15982874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4040/jkan.2009.39.6.805     Document Type: Article

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