title: Primary care physicians and coronary heart disease prevention: a practice model.
abstract: Primary care physicians have an important role in coronary heart disease prevention. This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study conducted with Nova Scotian physicians to explore the following: physicians' expectations about their role in prevention; obstacles to providing preventive care; and, mechanisms by which preventive care occurs. The second part of the paper presents a practice model which is intended as a framework by which physicians may more effectively educate and counsel their patients about health issues, such as coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Camp Hill Medical Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Makrides
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Veinot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009674:Nova Scotia; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*