Barriers to GPs' use of evidence-based medicine: A systematic review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 600, 2012, Pages

  Zwolsman, Sandra ^a   Te Pas, Ellen ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^b   Wieringa De Waard, Margreet ^a   Van Dijk, Nynke ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Cochrane Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based medicine; General practitioners; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864973161     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X652382     Document Type: Article

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