Health-care professionals' perceived trust in and willingness to recommend functional foods: A qualitative study

Appetite

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-247

  Landström, Eva ^a   Sidenvall, Birgitta ^b   Koivisto Hursti, Ulla Kaisa ^a   Magnusson, Maria ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dieticians; Functional foods; Health care professionals; Perceptions; Physicians; Qualitative study; Registered nurses; Willingness to recommend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTERED NURSE; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846051899     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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