Treating individuals according to evidence: Why do primary care practitioners do what they do?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-148

  Oswald, Nigel ^a,b   Bateman, Hilarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application; Atrial fibrillation; Evidence; Individuals; Judgement; Practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0033867560     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2000.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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