Roles ascribed to general practitioners by gay men with depression

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 667-671

  Newman, Christy ^a   Kippax, Susan ^b   Mao, Limin ^a   Saltman, Deborah ^c   Kidd, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Depression; Doctor patient relations; General practitioners; Health knowledge; Patient acceptance of health care; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957371818     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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