Knowledge, attitudes, practices and barriers of pediatric occupational therapists to evidence-based practice and research utilization

World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Brown, Ted ^a   Tseng, Mei Hui ^a   Casey, Jacqueline ^a   McDonald, Rachael ^a   Lyons, Carissa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards research; occupational therapy; pediatrics; research orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887020744     PISSN: 14473828     EISSN: 20566077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/otb.2009.60.1.007     Document Type: Article

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