Attitudes towards obesity treatment in GP training practices: A focus group study

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Jochemsen van der Leeuw, H G A ^a   van Dijk, N ^a   Wieringa de Waard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Family practice; Obesity; Qualitative research; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; TRAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79961091438     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq110     Document Type: Article

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