What are the factors of organisational culture in health care settings that act as barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice? A scoping review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e34-e41

  Williams, Brett ^a   Perillo, Samuel ^a   Brown, Ted ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Culture; Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice; Health care work environments; Organisational culture

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 84921260847     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.012     Document Type: Review

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