A snapshot of general practitioner attitudes, levels of confidence and self-reported paediatric asthma management practice

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-293

  Roydhouse, Jessica K ^a   Shah, Smita ^a   Toelle, Brett G ^b   Sawyer, Susan M ^c   Mellis, Craig M ^d   Usherwood, Tim P ^d   Edwards, Peter ^e   Jenkins, Christine R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Holroyd Medical Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIAN; CONFIDENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INHALATION SPACER; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC ASTHMA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POWDER INHALER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 80052452803     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY11009     Document Type: Article

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