Evidence-based medicine: Is the evidence out there for primary care clinicians?

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Davies, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; General practitioners (GPs); Hierarchies of evidence; Primary health care; United Kingdom (UK)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80155139932     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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