To cut or not to cut: Physicians' perspectives on referring adolescents for bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 937-942

  Woolford, Susan J ^a,b,c   Clark, Sarah J ^a,b   Gebremariam, Achamyeleh ^a,b   Davis, Matthew M ^a,b   Freed, Gary L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Primary care physicians; Referrals

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77955660166     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0152-9     Document Type: Article

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