Why haven't I changed that?: Therapeutic inertia in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-28

  Byrnes, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; General practice; Guideline adherence; Patient care standards; Practice guidelines as a topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL;

EID: 79251478385     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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