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Project

The difficult consultation between general practitioners and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients: a qualitative study of the mismatch
Code
01D22310
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • General psychology
    • Social psychology
    • Other psychology and cognitive sciences
Keywords
narratives CFS conversation analysis discourse analysis thematic analysis
 
Project description
 

Through interviews with general practitioners (GPs) and patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS); focusgroups of GPs; and videotapes of actual consultations, we will test the idea that when CFS patients present with vague illness/autobiographical narratives, the therapeutic relationship with their GP will be more difficult. Data will be analyzed qualitatively with thematic analysis, conversation analysis, and discourse analysis.