State of the Art Reviews: Patient and Physician Communication About Weight Management: Can We Close the Gap?

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Beran, Mary Sue ^a   Fowles, Jinnet B ^a   Kind, Elizabeth A ^a   Craft, Cheryl E ^a  

^a PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

focus groups; obesity; patient preferences; patient physician communication; weight management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374570     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827607308805     Document Type: Review

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