“I Can't Find Anything Wrong: It Must Be a Pulmonary Embolism”: Diagnosing Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Care, a Qualitative Study

Marie Barais; Nathalie Morio; Amélie Cuzon Breton; Pierre Barraine; Amélie Calvez; Erik Stolper; Paul Van Royen; Claire Liétard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098112

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“I Can't Find Anything Wrong: It Must Be a Pulmonary Embolism”: Diagnosing Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Care, a Qualitative Study

Marie Barais ,

* E-mail: marie.barais@gmail.com

Affiliation Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest, Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Brest, France
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Nathalie Morio,

Affiliation Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest, Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Brest, France
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Amélie Cuzon Breton,

Affiliation Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest, Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Brest, France
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Pierre Barraine,

Affiliation Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest, Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Brest, France
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Amélie Calvez,

Affiliation Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest, Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Brest, France
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Erik Stolper,

Affiliations Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Caphri School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Paul Van Royen,

Affiliation Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Claire Liétard

Affiliation Université Européenne de Bretagne, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de Brest -Laboratoire de Santé Publique, Epidémiologie, Brest, France
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“I Can't Find Anything Wrong: It Must Be a Pulmonary Embolism”: Diagnosing Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Care, a Qualitative Study

Marie Barais,
Nathalie Morio,
Amélie Cuzon Breton,
Pierre Barraine,
Amélie Calvez,
Erik Stolper,
Paul Van Royen,
Claire Liétard

Published: May 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098112

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