A square peg in a round hole? Approaches to incorporating lifestyle counselling into routine primary health care

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 101-111

  Laws, Rachel ^a   Williams, Anna ^a   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Eames Brown, Rosslyn ^a   Amoroso, Cheryl ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counselling; Health education; Lifestyle; Primary health care; Professional practice; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149348564     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py08042     Document Type: Article

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