Changing clinical practice: Views about the management of adult asthma

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Dawson, Sandra ^a   Sutherland, Kim ^a   Dopson, Sue ^a   Miller, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case study; Evidence; Organisation; Practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0032761612     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.8.4.253     Document Type: Article

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