Investigation of Hong Kong doctor's current knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, confidence and practices: Implications for the treatment of tobacco dependency

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 461-471

  Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a,b   Rahman, A S M Mujibur ^c   Suen, Chau Wai ^d   Wing, Lau Sun ^d   Ling, Lau Wai ^d   Mei, Li Yuen ^d   Tat, Lun Chung ^d   Tai, Mak Nin ^d   Wing, Tsai Nga ^d   Yuen, Wu Ysz ^d   Kwan, Yam H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude; Confidence; Doctors; Knowledge; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33750887214     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70310-7     Document Type: Article

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