How primary care physicians' attitudes toward risk and uncertainty affect their use of electronic information resources

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  McKibbon, K Ann ^a,b   Fridsma, Douglas B ^c   Crowley, Rebecca S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDLINE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247337688     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.2.138     Document Type: Article

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