'Do your best for me': The difficulties of finding a clinically effective endpoint in smoking cessation consultations in primary care

Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-74

  Pilnick, Alison ^a   Coleman, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; General practice; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 73549087005     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309347489     Document Type: Article

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