The impact of welfare advice in primary care: A qualitative study

Critical Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-309

  Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   White, Martin ^a   Stacy, Rosie ^a   Downey, Dawn ^a   Hudson, Eve ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP PATTERN; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 8544274506     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590400007959     Document Type: Article

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