General practitioners' use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: A qualitative study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 485-489

  Bonner, Carissa ^a   Jansen, Jesse ^a   McKinn, Shannon ^a   Irwig, Les ^a   Doust, Jenny ^b   Glasziou, Paul ^b   Hayen, Andrew ^c   McCaffery, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE RISK AJUSTED; ABSOLUTE RISK FOCUSED; ACTIVE DISREGARD; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL JUDGEMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW RISK POPULATION; OBESITY; PASSIVE DISREGARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891530454     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10133     Document Type: Article

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