Hypertensive patients' perceptions of their physicians' knowledge about them: A cross-sectional study in Japan

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Inoue, MacHiko ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^b   Matsumura, Shinji ^c  

^a Tokyo Hokuto Health Cooperative   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Matsumura Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955080827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-56     Document Type: Article

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