Evaluation of the Evidence-Based practice Attitude and utilization SurvEy for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 792-798

  Leach, Matthew J ^a   Gillham, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Evaluation; Evidence based practice; Reliability; Survey; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COMPREHENSION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NATUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 55349093325     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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