OTseeker: Facilitating evidence-based practice in occupational therapy

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-105

  McKenna, Kryss ^a   Bennett, Sally ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy ^a   McCluskey, Annie ^b   Strong, Jenny ^a   Tooth, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decisions; Database; Evidence based practice; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3242726013     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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