Do clinicians tell patients they have prehypertension?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-118

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Bangura, Fatima ^a   Mitchell, C Madeline ^b   Cerna, Ana ^b   Sloane, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient provider communication; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREHYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 78651373466     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100206     Document Type: Article

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