Do practices comply with key recommendations of the British Asthma Guideline? If not, why not?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 369-377

  Wiener Ogilvie, Sharon ^a   Pinnock, Hilary ^b   Huby, Guro ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^b   Partridge, Martyn R ^c   Gillies, John ^d  

^a NHS BORDERS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Selkirk Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Barriers; Guideline implementation

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTICE; SKILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE;

EID: 37549047249     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00074     Document Type: Article

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