Medical students seeking medical help: A qualitative study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-166

  Thistlethwaite, Jill ^a   Quirk, Frances ^b   Evans, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77149127066     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903434177     Document Type: Article

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