Cardiovascular disease: Physician attitudes toward prevention and treatment

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue APR., 1998, Pages 780-787

  Grant, Andrew M ^a   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^b   Delisle, Isabelle Dion Elisabeth ^b   Xhignesse, Marianne ^b   Dernier, Roch ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032044058     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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