Use and perceptions of information among family physicians: Sources considered accessible, relevant, and reliable

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-37

  Kosteniuk, Julie G ^c   Morgan, Debra G ^a   D'Arcy, Carl K ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOK; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SASKATCHEWAN; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874373430     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.101.1.006     Document Type: Article

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