Family physicians' attitudes about and use of clinical practice guidelines

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-447

  James, Paul A ^a,b   Cowan, Timothy M ^a   Graham, Robin P ^a   Majeroni, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge, attitudes, practice; Physicians, family; Practice guidelines; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 0030770298     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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