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BACKGROUND: This study explores the factors influencing students to seek medical help, and student perceptions in relation to student-doctor interactions with implications for health help-seeking behaviours. METHOD: Students were interviewed across year groups. The interviews were audiotaped, transcribed and qualitatively analysed. RESULTS: We interviewed 22 students and identified common themes. CONCLUSION: Medical students reflect on issues related to seeking medical help, their choice of GP and the decision whether to divulge they are medical students.
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