Family and friend participation in primary care visits of patients with diabetes or heart failure: Patient and physician determinants and experiences

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Rosland, Ann Marie ^a,b   Piette, John D ^a,b   Choi, Hwajung ^b,c   Heisler, Michele ^a,b,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver; chronic illness; family relations; patient doctor communication; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650681333     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f37d28     Document Type: Article

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