Evidence-based care and the case for intuition and tacit knowledge in clinical assessment and decision making in mental health nursing practice: An empirical contribution to the debate

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-305

  Welsh, I ^a   Lyons, C M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Clinical decision making; Evidence based practice; Formal knowledge; Intuition; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTUITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035436711     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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