Physician smoking status, attitudes toward smoking, and cessation advice to patients: An international survey

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Pipe, Andrew ^a   Sorensen, Michelle ^a   Reid, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Physicians; Smoking cessation; Smoking status; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKIG CESSATION; SMOKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TURKEY;

EID: 56949105457     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.042     Document Type: Article

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