Patients evaluations of their health care: The expression of negative evaluation and the role of adaptive strategies

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Staniszewska, Sophie ^a   Henderson, Lorna ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Negative evaluation; Patient participation; Patient satisfaction; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; NEGATIVISM; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 7644220938     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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