Rediscovering the patient's role in receiving health promotion services

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-77

  Branch, Laurence G ^a,c   Rabiner, Donna J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Health promotion; Healthy people 2000; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0033631139     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200001000-00008     Document Type: Article

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