Physician informational needs in providing nutritional guidance to patients

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 722-726

  Mihalynuk, Tanis V ^a   Knopp, Robert H ^b   Scott, Craig S ^b   Coombs, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; BOOK; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; DIETITIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PROTEIN LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INFORMATIONAL NEED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTEIN DIET; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING MATERIALS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 7744234868     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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