Brief report: Attitudes toward hormone therapy after the women's health initiative - A comparison of internists and gynecologists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 416-418

  Brett, Allan S ^a   Carney, Patricia I ^a   McKeown, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Hormone replacement therapy; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SIDE EFFECT; WOMENS HEALTH INITIATIVE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22144447850     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0089.x     Document Type: Article

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