Attitudes of health care professionals towards female obese patients

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 512-522

  Sikorski, Claudia ^a,b   Luppa, Melanie ^a,b   Glaesmer, Heide ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^b   König, Hans Helmut ^c   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Care; Health care professionals; Obesity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT PHOBIA SCALE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBESITY; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84891117064     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356692     Document Type: Article

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