Comparison of accessing online databases between physicians and nurses in Taiwan

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-241

  Chiu, Ya Wen ^a,b   Weng, Yi Hao ^c   Lo, Heng Lien ^d   Shih, Ya Hui ^a   Hsu, Chih Cheng ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Databases; Evidence based; Nurses; Online; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84870681434     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2012.654842     Document Type: Article

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