Considerations made by the general practitioner when dealing with sick-listing of patients suffering from subjective and composite health complaints

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Nilsen, Stein ^a   Werner, Erik Lønnmark ^a,b   Maeland, Silje ^a   Eriksen, Hege Randi ^a,c   Magnussen, Liv Heide ^a,c  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; family practice; primary health care; sick listing; sickness certification; subjective health complaints; work incapacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 79951798133     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2010.514191     Document Type: Article

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