Four levels of outcomes of information-seeking: A mixed methods study in primary health care

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-125

  Pluye, Pierre ^a   Grad, Roland ^a   Repchinsky, Carol ^b   Jovaisas, Barbara ^b   Johnson Lafleur, Janique ^a   Carrier, Marie Eve ^a   Granikov, Vera ^a   Farrell, Barbara ^c   Rodriguez, Charo ^a   Bartlett, Gillian ^a   Loiselle, Carmen ^a   Légaré, France ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Pharmacists Association   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

information use; lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; CLINICAL INFORMATION; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING; KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE; LIFE LONG LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIXED METHOD; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; ONLINE RESOURCES; PATIENT HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE; QUALITATIVE DATA; SITUATIONAL RELEVANCE; THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL;

HEALTH; PATIENT TREATMENT;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84871195147     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22793     Document Type: Article

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