How prepared are rural and remote health care practitioners to provide evidence-based management for people with chronic lung disease?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Johnston, Catherine Louise ^a,b   Maxwell, Lyndal Jane ^c   Maguire, Graeme Paul ^d   Alison, Jennifer Ailsey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic lung diseases; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84864304172     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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