Evidence-Based Practice in physiotherapy: A systematic review of barriers, enablers and interventions

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-219

  Scurlock Evans, Laura ^a   Upton, Penney ^a   Upton, Dominic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best practices; Decision making; Evidence based practice; Physiotherapists; Practice research gap; Review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIETITIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PODIATRIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKLOAD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84905051331     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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