What has trust got to do with it? Cardiac risk reduction and family physicians' discussions of evidence-based recommendations

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-255

  Jackson, Lois A ^a   Putnam, Wayne ^a   Twohig, Peter L ^b   Burge, Frederick I ^a   Nicol, Kelly ^a   Cox, Jafna L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Reduction; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 7244250176     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369857042000275650     Document Type: Article

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