Brief intervention effective in reducing weight bias in medical students

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-348

  Poustchi, Yasmin ^a   Saks, Norma S ^a   Piasecki, Alicja K ^a   Hahn, Karissa A ^a   Ferrante, Jeanne M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877783552     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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