Do palliative care health professionals settle for low-level evidence?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-9

  Chan, Raymond J ^a   Phillips, Jane ^b   Currow, David ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84890927206     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313514707     Document Type: Editorial

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