Indeterminacy and technicality revisited: How medicine and nursing have responded to the evidence based movement

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-507

  Traynor, Michael ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Jamous and Peloille; Medicine; Nursing; Profession and professionalism

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NURSING; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 65349083186     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01146.x     Document Type: Review

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