Patients' perceptions of their general practitioner's health and weight influences their perceptions of nutrition and exercise advice received

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-307

  Fraser, Sally E ^a   Leveritt, Michael D ^b   Ball, Lauren E ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body weight; General practitioners; Obesity; Overweight; Physicians; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84888804678     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc13301     Document Type: Article

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