A commentary on the complexity of tinnitus management: Clinical guidelines provide a path through the fog

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Searchfield, Grant ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

assessment; guidelines; hearing; tinnitus; treatment

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TINNITUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE; TINNITUS;

EID: 79961029126     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710392983     Document Type: Review

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