The discomfort of an evidence-based prescribing decision

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1152-1158

  Lewis, Penny J ^a   Tully, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical incident technique; Evidence based medicine; Hospital; Physicians; Prescribing; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUNDED THEORY; HOSPITAL; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 73549116746     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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