Examining Critical Health Policy Issues within and beyond the Clinical Encounter: Patient-Provider Relationships and Help-seeking Behaviors

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1_suppl, 2010, Pages S80-S93

  Boyer, Carol A ^a   Lutfey, Karen E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

help seeking; patient roles; patient provider relationships; utilization

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROLE;

EID: 79952276289     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510383489     Document Type: Article

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