Physicians' propensity to collaborate and their attitude towards EBM: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mascia, Daniele ^a   Cicchetti, Americo ^a   Fantini, Maria ^b   Damiani, Gianfranco ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 79960566627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-172     Document Type: Article

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