Barriers to the use of evidence-based medicine: knowledge and skills, attitude, and external factors

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-13

  Zwolsman, Sandra E ^a   van Dijk, Nynke ^a   te Pas, Ellen ^a   Wieringa de Waard, Margreet ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers; Evidence based medicine; General practice; General practice trainees; Speciality training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894633666     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-013-0039-2     Document Type: Article

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