Evidence-Based Practice Among Swedish Medical Social Workers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 947-958

  Heiwe, Susanne ^a,b   Nilsson Kajermo, K ^b   Olsson, Mariann ^a,b   Gåfvels, Catharina ^b   Larsson, K ^a,c   Wengstrom Y ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attitude of health care personnel; evidence based medicine; evidence based practice; knowledge; social worker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889642125     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2013.834029     Document Type: Article

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