Incongruous consultation behaviour: Results from a UK-wide population survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Elliott, Alison M ^a   McAteer, Anne ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based; Health care services; Primary care; Signs symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858428660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-21     Document Type: Review

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