"I try and smile, I try and be cheery, I try not to be pushy. I try to say 'I'm here for help' but I leave feeling⋯ worried": A Qualitative study of perceptions of interactions with health professionals by community-based older adults with chronic pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Clarke, Amanda ^a   Martin, Denis ^b   Jones, Derek ^a   Schofield, Patricia ^c   Anthony, Geraldine ^d   McNamee, Paul ^e   Gray, Denise ^e   Smith, Blair H ^d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84906968900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105450     Document Type: Article

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