Some pragmatic tips for dealing with clinical uncertainty

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Ratner, Nan Bernstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Continuing education; Evidence based practice; Information literacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78651516506     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/09-0033)     Document Type: Article

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