What are the barriers to clinical practice improvement?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 322-324

  Mortimer, R ^a   Ward, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036380875     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00238.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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