Improving the evidence base for practice: A realistic method for appraising evaluations

Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Lyne, Patricia ^a   Allen, Davina ^a   Martinsen, Christopher ^a   Satherley, Philip ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal techniques; Evaluation; Evidence based practice; Qualitative studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0036623130     PISSN: 13619004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9004(02)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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