Open and hidden agendas of "asymptomatic" patients who request check-up exams

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hunziker, Sabina ^a   Schläpfer, Martin ^a,b   Langewitz, Wolf ^a   Kaufmann, Gilbert ^a   Nüesch, Reto ^a,c   Battegay, Edouard ^a,b   Zimmerli, Lukas U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955078808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-22     Document Type: Article

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