How information about other people's personal experiences can help with healthcare decision-making: A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Entwistle, Vikki Ann ^a,b   France, Emma F ^b,c   Wyke, Sally ^b,c   Jepson, Ruth ^c   Hunt, Kate ^b,d   Ziebland, Sue ^b,e   Thompson, Andrew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Alliance for Self Care Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Experiential information; Patients' narratives; Screening decisions; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 81555203487     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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