Surgeons' attitudes towards and usage of evidence-based medicine in surgical practice: A pilot study

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Kitto, Simon ^a,b   Villanueva, Elmer V ^d   Chesters, Janice ^b   Petrovic, Ana ^a   Waxman, Bruce P ^a,c   Smith, Julian A ^a,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Southern Health   (Australia)

^d National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Evidence based medicine; Knowledge; Surgical practice; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VICTORIA;

EID: 33947166354     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04022.x     Document Type: Article

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