The value of an evidence database for occupational therapists: An international online survey

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 507-513

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Databases bibliographic; Evidence based medicine; Information storage and retrieval; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATABASES BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34247885944     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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