Counseling overweight in primary care: An analysis of patient-physician encounters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Heintze, Christoph ^a   Metz, Ulrike ^a   Hahn, Daphne ^b   Niewöhner, Jörg ^c   Schwantes, Ulrich ^a   Wiesner, Julia ^a   Braun, Vittoria ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counseling; General practitioner; Obesity; Patient centeredness; Prevention; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77953618284     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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