Variation in the use of online clinical evidence: A qualitative analysis

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Gosling, A Sophie ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Coiera, Enrico W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health informatics; Online resources; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HOSPITALS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE (EBP);

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0037212876     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(02)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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