Discussing weight with obese primary care patients: Physician and patient perceptions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Greiner, K Allen ^a,b   Born, Wendi ^c   Hall, Sandra ^b   Hou, Qingjiang ^b   Kimminau, Kim S ^a,b   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAKER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Patient provider discussion; Total primary care; Weight related behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42449118805     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0553-9     Document Type: Article

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