General practitioner attitudes towards referral of eating-disordered patients: A vignette study based on the theory of planned behaviour

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 213-218

  Green, Helen ^a,b   Johnston, Olwyn ^a   Cabrini, Sara ^a   Fornai, Gemma ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Eating disorders; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349770842     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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