Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: A pilot clustered randomized controlled trial

Health Expectations

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 96-110

  Légaré, France ^a   Labrecque, Michel ^a   LeBlanc, Annie ^a   Njoya, Merlin ^a   Laurier, Claudine ^b   Côté, Luc ^c   Godin, Gaston ^c   Thivierge, Robert L ^b   O'Connor, Annette ^d   St Jacques, Sylvie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Continuing medical education; Continuing professional development; Implementation; Randomized control trial; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951604780     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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