Why evidence-based practice now?: A polemic

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-155

  Walker, Kim ^a  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best practice; Discourse; Evidence based practice; Rationality; Regime of truth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0141563830     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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