Clinical questions raised by clinicians at the point of care a systematic review

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 710-718

  Del Fiol, Guilherme ^a   Workman, T Elizabeth ^b   Gorman, Paul N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84899840388     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.368     Document Type: Review

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