Malaysian primary care doctors' views on men's health: An unresolved jigsaw puzzle

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tong, Seng Fah ^a,b   Low, Wah Yun ^c   Ismail, Shaiful Bahari ^d   Trevena, Lyndal ^e   Willcock, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitude of health personnel; family practice; general practice; health promotion; men's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79955796642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-29     Document Type: Article

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