Using the telephone to improve health behavior and health service delivery

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-18

  McBride, Colleen M ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Counseling; Health services; Telephone

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033038541     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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