Evidence-based practice among primary care physicians in Kuwait

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1130

  Ahmad, Abeer S H ^a   Al Mutar, Nouf B E ^a   Al Hulabi, Fahad A S ^a   Al Rashidee, Eman S L ^a   Doi, Suhail A R ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Awareness score; Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERNET; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF REPORT; WORKPLACE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 73549084072     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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