Patients' engagement in primary care: powerlessness and compounding jeopardy. A qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-43

  Sheridan, Nicolette F ^a   Kenealy, Timothy W ^a   Kidd, Jacquie D ^a   Schmidt Busby, Jacqueline I G ^a   Hand, Jennifer E ^a   Raphael, Deborah L ^a   Mckillop, Ann M ^a   Rea, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Clinical engagement; Consultation; Ethnic minority; Powerlessness; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84921029394     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12006     Document Type: Article

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