Evidence-based practice in psychiatric care: Defining levels of evidence

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-187

  Rice, Michael J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Designs; Evidence based practice; Levels of evidence; Meta analysis; Quantitative; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949110314     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390308321220     Document Type: Article

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