General practitioners' intentions and prescribing for asthma: Using the theory of planned behavior to explain guideline implementation

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Rashidian, Arash ^a,b   Russell, Ian ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Control; Guideline adherence; Prevention; Primary care physician

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLANNED BEHAVIOR THEORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855605146     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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