Balancing certainty and uncertainty in clinical practice

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Kamhi, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; EBP; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION THEORY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

CHILD; DECISION THEORY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE; SPEECH DISORDERS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78651514963     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/09-0034)     Document Type: Article

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