Negotiating depression treatment with older adults: Primary care providers' perspectives

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Wittink, Marsha N ^a,b   Givens, Jane L ^c   Knott, Kathryn A ^b   Coyne, James C ^d   Barg, Frances K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression treatment; primary care; providers

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 80053220839     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2011.556164     Document Type: Article

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