Self-reported attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among Canadian doctors of chiropractic: A National survey

Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 332-348

  Bussières, André E ^a,b   Terhorst, Lauren ^c   Leach, Matthew ^d   Stuber, Kent ^e   Evans, Roni ^f   Schneider, Michael J ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence based practice; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958953213     PISSN: 00083194     EISSN: 17156181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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