Finding evidence to support practice in allied health: Peers, experience, and the internet

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Jansen, Liesel ^a   Rasekaba, Tshepo ^a   Presnell, Scott ^a   Holland, Anne E ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PEER GROUP;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871186859     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: 1945404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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