Exemplary medical care or Trojan horse? An analysis of the 'lifestyle medicine' movement

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
² Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
³ CSO Fellow, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

David Nunan et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 29;71(706):229-232.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X715721. Print 2021 May.

¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
² Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
³ CSO Fellow, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Comment in

Lifestyle medicine is no Trojan horse: it is an inclusive, evidence-based, and patient-focused movement.
Birrell FN, Pinder RJ, Lawson RJ. Birrell FN, et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2021 Jun 24;71(708):300. doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X716201. Print 2021 Jul. Br J Gen Pract. 2021. PMID: 34319896 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Is evidence-based medicine the real Trojan horse?
Churn P. Churn P. Br J Gen Pract. 2021 Jun 24;71(708):300-301. doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X716213. Print 2021 Jul. Br J Gen Pract. 2021. PMID: 34319897 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Behavioural determinants of health: individual versus societal responsibility.
Trethewey SP, Reynolds EK, Trethewey CS. Trethewey SP, et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2021 Jun 24;71(708):301-302. doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X716237. Print 2021 Jul. Br J Gen Pract. 2021. PMID: 34319899 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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