Serious decisions: Chronic conditions and choice of provider

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1638-1648

  Manderson, Lenore ^a   Canaway, Rachel ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

concept analysis; decision making; health care, alternative and complementary; illness and disease, chronic; lay concepts and practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887950114     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313508475     Document Type: Article

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