"They just say everything's a virus"-Parent's judgment of the credibility of clinician communication in primary care consultations for respiratory tract infections in children: A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-253

  Cabral, Christie ^a   Ingram, Jenny ^b   Hay, Alastair D ^a,c   Horwood, Jeremy ^a   Lovering, Andrew ^c   Delaney, Brendan ^c   Christensen, Hannah ^c   Thornton, Hannah ^c   Leeming, John ^c   Fletcher, Margaret ^c   Thompson, Matthew ^c   Redmond, Niamh ^c   Lucas, Patricia ^c   Little, Paul ^c   Blair, Peter ^c   Brindle, Peter ^c   Muir, Peter ^c   Hollinghurst, Sandra ^c   Mulvenna, Sue ^c   Andrews, Talley ^c   Peters, Tim ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Child health; Communication; Parent; Patient satisfaction; Primary care; Respiratory tract infections; Safety netting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84897107754     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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