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The use of patients' stories by self-help groups: a survey of voluntary organizations in the UK on the register of the College of Health.
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OBJECTIVE: First-hand accounts of illness experience are believed to provide important insights for other patients and their carers. We report the results of a survey that explored how patients' stories are being collected and used by self-help and voluntary groups. METHODS: The annual College of Health survey contacts 2 458 addresses, which includes many self-help groups and voluntary associations. A brief questionnaire for the self-help groups on the register was attached to the summer 1999...
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- 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2000.00092.x
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Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 176-181
- Publication date:
- 2000-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1369-7625
- ISSN:
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1369-6513
- Source identifiers:
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162361
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- English
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pubs:162361
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uuid:3c28e6c7-06b2-4233-b213-8d181b3620ea
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- pubs:162361
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2000
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