Physicians' view of practice guidelines. A survey of Italian physicians

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1283-1287

  Grilli, Roberto ^a   Penna, Angelo ^a   Zola, Paolo ^b   Liberati, Alessandro ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Physicians' attitudes; Practice guidelines; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETY;

EID: 0030271858     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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