Evidence-based medicine among Jordanian family physicians: Awareness, attitude, and knowledge

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Barghouti, Farihan ^a,b   Halaseh, Lana ^c   Said, Tania ^c   Mousa, Abdel Halim ^d   Dabdoub, Adel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^c JUH ^*

^d United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees   (Palestine)

^e Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JORDAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 67651175988     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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