Problem knowledge Couplers: Reengineering evidence-based medicine through interdisciplinary development, decision support, and research

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 462-470

  McGowan, Julie J ^a   Winstead Fry, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY);

EID: 0032704070     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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