Do GPs practice what they preach? A questionnaire study of GPs' treatments for themselves and their patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-115

  Gardner, Mary ^a   Ogden, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctors; Help seeking; Self care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; DYSPEPSIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONDON; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE; SINUSITIS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 10044228397     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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