Obstacles to preventive intervention. Do physicians' health habits and mind-set towards preventive care play any role?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1269-1274

  Al Doghether, Mohammed ^a   Al Tuwijri, Abdulmohsen ^a   Khan, Abdusattar ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 35848950752     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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