Being in the patient position: Experiences of health care among people with irritable bowel syndrome

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1116-1127

  Håkanson, Cecilia ^a   Sahlberg Blom, Eva ^b   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chronic illness; culture of; embodiment; health care; holistic care; lived experience; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954898292     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310369914     Document Type: Article

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