Evolving Medical Knowledge: Moving Toward Efficiently Answering Questions and Keeping Current

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 831-837

  McConaghy, John R ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DATA BASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33845358834     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2006.10.002     Document Type: Review

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