Avoiding the term 'obesity': An experimental study of the impact of doctors' language on patients' beliefs

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Tailor, Anisha ^a   Ogden, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation; Euphemisms; Language; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67650493458     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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