How do dentists understand evidence and adopt it in practice?

Health Education Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-204

  Sbaraini, Alexandra ^a,b   Carter, Stacy M ^a   Evans, R Wendell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dentists; evidence based dentistry; grounded theory; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84859948858     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896911434427     Document Type: Article

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