Patients who feel judged about their weight have lower trust in their primary care providers

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-131

  Gudzune, Kimberly A ^a,b   Bennett, Wendy L ^a,b   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Bleich, Sara N ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Patient provider; Primary care; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; TRUST; AGED; BODY MASS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVERWEIGHT; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TRUST;

EID: 84926256877     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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