Factors influencing information seeking by physical therapists providing stroke management

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1039-1050

  Salbach, Nancy M ^a   Guilcher, Sara J T ^a   Jaglal, Susan B ^a   Davis, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349868369     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090081     Document Type: Article

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