Implementing evidence-based medicine in general practice: A focus group based study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hannes, Karin ^a   Leys, Marcus ^b   Vermeire, Etienne ^a,c   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a,d   Buntinx, Frank ^a,d   Depoorter, Anne Marie ^b  

^a Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26844437332     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-37     Document Type: Article

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