Practice guidelines: What are internists looking for?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-178

  Hayward, Robert S A ^a   Wilson, Mark C ^b   Tunis, Sean R ^c   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Moore, Karen Ann ^b   Bass, Eric B ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Office of Technology Assessment   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; knowledge; practice; practice guidelines; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029940823     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600272     Document Type: Article

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