Physician respect for patients with obesity

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1236-1239

  Huizinga, Mary Margaret ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Bleich, Sara N ^b   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,b,c   Beach, Mary Catherine ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity stigma; Physician respect and body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 70449518967     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1104-8     Document Type: Article

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