A qualitative investigation of the impact of multimorbidity on GP diagnosis and treatment of depression in Australia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1058-1064

  Stanners, Melinda N ^a   Barton, Christopher A ^b   Shakib, Sepehr ^c   Winefield, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

comorbidity; general practice; grounded theory; primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84867771246     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702730     Document Type: Article

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