Attitudes of women with menstrual disorders to the use of clinical guidelines in their care

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Julian, Sophia ^a   Rashid, Aly ^b   Baker, Richard ^c   Szczepura, Ala ^d   Habiba, Marwan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Clinical guidelines; Menstrual disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; DYSMENORRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950956243     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp090     Document Type: Article

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