Challenges of providing confidential care to adolescents in urban primary care: Clinician perspectives

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  McKee, Diane ^a   Rubin, Susan E ^a   Campos, Giselle ^a   O'Sullivan, Lucia F ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confidentiality; Primary health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVACY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVACY; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78951486822     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1186     Document Type: Article

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