How do patients come to be seen as 'difficult'?: A mixed-methods study in community mental health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-512

  Koekkoek, B ^a,b   Hutschemaekers, G ^a,c   van Meijel, B ^d   Schene, A ^e  

^a Gelderse Roos Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community care; Difficult patients; Health professionals; Illness behaviour; Mental health; Sick role; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DELPHI STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIXED METHODS STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM PATIENT; SOCIAL CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NETHERLANDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK ROLE;

EID: 79954435210     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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