Learning from research on the information behaviour of healthcare professionals: A review of the literature 2004-2008 with a focus on emotion

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Fourie, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MOTIVATION; NURSING RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 69549138753     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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