Green prescriptions: Attitudes and perceptions of general practitioners towards prescribing exercise

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 422, 1997, Pages 567-569

  Swinburn, Boyd A ^a,c   Walter, Lisa G ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^a   Tilyard, Murray W ^b   Russell, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exercise; GP attitudes; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EXERCISE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG;

EID: 0030869163     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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