Israeli dietitians' professional stigma attached to obese patients

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 768-776

  Stone, Osnat ^a   Werner, Perla ^b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

focus groups; health care professionals; nutrition malnutrition; obesity overweight; quality of care; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIETETICS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; DIETETICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84860538212     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311431942     Document Type: Article

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