The barriers perceived to prevent the successful implementation of evidencebased practice by speech and language therapists

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1018-1035

  O'Connor, Siobhan ^a   Pettigrew, Catharine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Barriers; Evidencebased practice EBP; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH THERAPY; WORKPLACE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; READING; SPEECH DISORDER; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRELAND; LANGUAGE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449337352     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820802585967     Document Type: Article

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