Addicted to discovery: Does the quest for new knowledge hinder practice improvement?

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 590-596

  Perl, Harold I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Implementation of evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYSICIAN;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953161896     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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