Management of high blood pressure in clinical practice: Perceptible qualitative differences in approaches utilized by clinicians

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 822-829

  Nwachuku, Chuke E ^a   Bastien, Arnaud ^b,c   Cutler, Jeffrey A ^a   Grob, Glenda M ^d   Margolis, Karen L ^e   Roccella, Edward J ^f   Pressel, Sara ^a   Davis, Barry R ^a   Caso, Michael ^g   Sheps, Sheldon ^h   Weber, Michael ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ADELPHI REAL WORLD   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Nexus Communications Inc   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 60749134448     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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