Patients reject the concept of fragility fracture - A new understanding based on fracture patients' communication

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2829-2834

  Sale, J E M ^a,b   Gignac, M A ^c,d   Frankel, L ^a   Hawker, G ^b,e,f   Beaton, D ^a,b   Elliot Gibson, V ^a   Bogoch, E ^e,g  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g department of surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis; Patient perspective; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING; SHOULDER FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872074951     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-1914-0     Document Type: Article

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