Questions about certainty and uncertainty in clinical practice

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Nelson, Nickola Wolf ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Questions in clinical practice; Self efficacy; Social models; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH DISORDER; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SPEECH DISORDERS; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78651519486     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2010/09-0046)     Document Type: Article

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