GP perspectives of irritable bowel syndrome - An accepted illness, but management deviates from guidelines: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Harkness, Elaine F ^a   Harrington, Val ^a   Hinder, Sue ^b   O'Brien, Sarah J ^c   Thompson, David G ^a   Beech, Paula ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Lower Hall   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; General Practitioners; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Medically Unexplained Symptoms; NICE Guideline; Primary Care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84879427597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-92     Document Type: Article

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