Duelling with doctors, restoring honour and avoiding shame? A cross-sectional study of sick-listed patients' experiences of negative healthcare encounters with special reference to feeling wronged and shame

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 654-657

  Lynøe, Niels ^a   Wessel, Maja ^a   Olsson, Daniel ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Tännsjö, Torbjörn ^b   Juth, Niklas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL PLURALISM; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS/ATTITUDES; EMOTION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORAL PSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS; SHAME; SOCIAL SECURITY; SWEDEN;

CULTURAL PLURALISM; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS/ATTITUDES; MORAL PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SHAME; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84884976701     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100871     Document Type: Article

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