Physicians' approaches to providing asthma education to patients and the level of patient involvement in management decisions

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 427-439

  Cicutto, Lisa C ^a,b   Llewellyn Thomas, Hilary A ^a   Geerts, William H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Generalists; Patient education; Patient involvement; Specialists; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032858643     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909087285     Document Type: Article

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