Developing evidence for how to tailor medical interventions for the individual patient

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1629-1641

  Griffiths, Frances ^a   Borkan, Jeffrey ^b   Byrne, David ^c   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^d   Dowrick, Chris ^e   Gunn, Jane ^f   Kokanovic, Renata ^f   Lamb, Sarah ^a   Lindenmeyer, Antje ^a   Parchman, Michael ^g   Reis, Shmuel ^h   Sturt, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^h TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

complexity; experiences; illness and disease; qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 78650163462     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310377453     Document Type: Article

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