A qualitative study on patients' and physicians' visions for the future management of overweight or obesity

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Heintze, Christoph ^a   Sonntag, Ulrike ^a   Brinck, Anna ^a   Huppertz, Mania ^a   Niewöhner, Jörg ^b   Wiesner, Julia ^a   Braun, Vittoria ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GP; Obesity; Patients' and physicians' views; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 84856159124     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr051     Document Type: Article

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