Attitudes of swedish general practitioners and nurses to working with lifestyle change, with special reference to alcohol consumption

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 388-393

  Geirsson, Magnus ^a,d   Bendtsen, Preben ^b   Spak, Fredrik ^c  

^a Norrmalms Health Center   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RECURRENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 24044555927     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh185     Document Type: Article

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