Evidence-based healthcare in practice: A study of clinician resistance, professional de-skilling, and inter-specialty differentiation in oncology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Broom, Alex ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Tovey, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Cancer; De skilling; Evidence based medicine; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICINE; PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING; ONCOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONALISM; SKILL; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SPECIALISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 57649100183     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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