Predictors of Canadian physicians' prevention counseling practices

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-395

  Frank, Erica ^a   Segura, Carolina ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Oberg, Erica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Counseling; Health; Health education; Patient counseling; Physician; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 79952238981     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404859     Document Type: Article

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