Understanding barriers to evidence-based assessment: Clinician attitudes toward standardized assessment tools

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 885-896

  Jensen Doss, Amanda ^a   Hawley, Kristin M ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPREHENSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78149366620     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2010.517169     Document Type: Article

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