Patients' confidence in their GP before and after being diagnosed with cancer

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 586, 2011, Pages

  Larsen, Mette B ^a   Hansen, Rikke P ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; General practice; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957486860     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X572409     Document Type: Article

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