Practicing Health Promotion: The Doctor's Dilemma
Authors: Marshall H. Becker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1990)

Editorials15 September 1990Practicing Health Promotion: The Doctor's DilemmaMarshall H. Becker, PhD, MPH, Nancy K. Janz, PhD, MSMarshall H. Becker, PhD, MPHSearch for more papers by this author, Nancy K. Janz, PhD, MSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-113-6-419 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhy have physicians been slow to integrate disease prevention and health promotion into routine clinical practice? Despite published guidelines, professional exhortations, and patient expectations, many physicians devote insufficient attention to implementing available prevention technologies and educating patients about modification of behavioral risk factors (1-6). 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Hayward, MD, Earl P. Steinberg, MD, MPP, Daniel E. Ford, MD, MPH, Michael F. Roizen, MD, Keith W. Roach, MD 15 September 1990Volume 113, Issue 6Page: 419-422KeywordsHealth information technologyHealth promotionHealth surveysMedical risk factorsMotivation Issue Published: 15 September 1990 PDF DownloadLoading ...