Barriers and decisions when Answering clinical questions at the point of care: A grounded theory study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1962-1969

  Cook, David A ^a,b   Sorensen, Kristi J ^b   Wilkinson, John M ^b   Berger, Richard A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNIST; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890100316     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10103     Document Type: Article

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