General practitioners decision to refer patients to dietitians: Insight into the clinical reasoning process

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Pomeroy, Sylvia E M ^a   Cant, Robyn P ^b  

^a Bayside General Practice Network   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DIETITIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; DIETETICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 77953987740     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY09024     Document Type: Article

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