Self-help groups: Family physicians' attitudes, awareness, and practices

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue OCT., 1998, Pages 2137-2142

  Gray, Ross E ^a   Orr, Vanessa ^b   Carroll, June C ^b   Chart, Pamela ^b   Fitch, Margaret ^b   Greenberg, Marlene ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0032184878     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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