General practitioners' uptake of clinical practice guidelines: A qualitative study

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Harrison, Stephen ^a   Dowswell, George ^a   Wright, John ^b,d   Russell, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 0038721861     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581903322029494     Document Type: Article

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