Primary care and subspecialty management of morbid obesity: Referral patterns for bariatric surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-407

  Avidor, Yoav ^a   Still, Christopher D ^b   Brunner, Mark ^b   Buchwald, Jane N ^c   Buchwald, Henry ^d  

^a ETHICON INC   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Medwrite Medical Communications   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Education; Obesity

Indexed keywords

SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34249053620     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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