When is knowledge ripe for primary care?: An exploratory study on the meaning of evidence

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-42

  Beaulieu, Marie Dominique ^a   Proulx, Michelle ^a   Jobin, Guy ^b   Kugler, Marianne ^b   Gossard, Franis ^a   Denis, Jean Louis ^a   Larouche, Danielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Primary care; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 38849090757     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278707311870     Document Type: Article

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