Attitudes to, and use of, evidence-based medicine in two Sydney divisions of general practice

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-46

  Callen, Joanne L ^a   Fennell, Kate ^b   McIntosh, Jean H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Roche Products Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; General practice

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33645704931     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py06007     Document Type: Review

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