Five steps from evidence to effect: Exercising clinical freedom to implement research findings

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1197-1202

  Kulier, R ^a,b   Gee, H ^a,b   Khan, K S ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PHENYTOIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AWARENESS; CATGUT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; ECLAMPSIA; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN DEATH; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUTURING METHOD; WORKPLACE;

AWARENESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 49649129456     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01821.x     Document Type: Note

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