Communicating cardiovascular disease risk: An interview study of General Practitioners' use of absolute risk within tailored communication strategies

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk; Doctor patient communication; General practice; Prevention; Primary care; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901988466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-106     Document Type: Article

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