Making the diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis in primary care: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chew Graham, Carolyn ^a   Dowrick, Christopher ^b   Wearden, Alison ^a   Richardson, Victoria ^a   Peters, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949387237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-16     Document Type: Article

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