When guidelines need guidance: Considerations and strategies for improving the adoption of chronic disease evidence by general practitioners

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1082-1090

  Kendall, Elizabeth ^a   Sunderland, Naomi ^a   Muenchberger, Heidi ^a   Armstrong, Kylie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b General Practice Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; General practitioners; GPs; Guidelines; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTROSPECTION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 73549114651     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01147.x     Document Type: Review

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