What influences patients with Osteoarthritis to consult their GP about their symptoms? A narrative review

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Paskins, Zoe ^a   Sanders, Tom ^a   Hassell, Andrew B ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Osteoarthritis; Primary health care; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84890453477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-195     Document Type: Article

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