They don’t want it ramming down their throats. Learning from the perspectives of current and ex-smokers with smoking-related illness to improve communication in primary care: A qualitative study

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Burrows, Julia ^a   Carlisle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathing Space; COPD; motivation; patient and carer perceptions; qualitative research; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011495265     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423609990351     Document Type: Article

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