Patients' perceptions of nutrition care provided by general practitioners: Focus on type 2 diabetes

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 719-725

  Ball, Lauren ^a   Hughes, Roger ^a   Desbrow, Ben ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Nutritional management; Patient satisfaction; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869991959     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms025     Document Type: Article

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