Caution required when relying on a colleague's advice; a comparison between professional advice and evidence from the literature

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Schaafsma, Frederieke ^a   Verbeek, Jos ^b   Hulshof, Carel ^a   Van Dijk, Frank ^a  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 24944576121     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-59     Document Type: Article

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