Primary Care Providers' Comfort Levels in Caring for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 531-536

  Whiteman, Lauren N ^a   Haywood, Carlton ^a   Lanzkron, Sophie ^a   Strouse, John J ^a   Feldman, Leonard ^a   Stewart, Rosalyn W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hemoglobinopathies; primary care; provider education; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES; ANALGESIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84940913115     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000331     Document Type: Article

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