Patients' perspectives on self-testing of oral anticoagulation therapy: Content analysis of patients' internet blogs

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shah, Syed Ghulam Sarwar ^a   Robinson, Ian ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOGGING; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551549367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-25     Document Type: Article

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