Physicians' and Nurses' knowledge and attitude towards nutritional therapy in diabetes

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 670-674

  Heller, Taly ^a   Maislos, Maximo ^b   Shahar, Danit ^b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Nurses; Nutrition recommendations; Nutritional therapy; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 38449118958     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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