The influence of time pressure on adherence to guidelines in primary care: An experimental study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Tsiga, Evangelia ^a   Panagopoulou, Efharis ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^b   Montgomery, Anthony ^c   Benos, Alexios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TIME PRESSURE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84877718135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002700     Document Type: Article

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