"Should I and Can I?": A mixed methods study of clinician beliefs and attitudes in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Laws, Rachel A ^a   Kirby, Sue E ^a   Davies, Gawaine P Powell ^a   Williams, Anna M ^a   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Amoroso, Cheryl L ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SCREENING; SELF REPORT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40849102605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-44     Document Type: Article

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