Physicians' beliefs about discussing obesity: Results from focus groups

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 498-500

  Alexander, Stewart C ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a   Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   Gradison, Margaret ^a   Bastian, Lori A ^a   Namenek Brouwer, Rebecca J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention research; Primary healthcare; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34447498929     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.6.498     Document Type: Article

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