Asthma management failure: A flaw in physicians' behavior or in patients' knowledge?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-274

  Braido, Fulvio ^a   Baiardini, Ilaria ^a   Menoni, Stefania ^b   Brusasco, Vito ^a   Centanni, Stefano ^c   Girbino, Giuseppe ^d   Dal Negro, Roberto ^e   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e Bussolengo Gen Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

asthma; communication; control; knowledge; management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN BEHAVIOR; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79952610177     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.555040     Document Type: Article

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