Unanswered clinical questions: A survey of specialists and primary care providers

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-11

  Brassil, Ellen ^a   Gunn, Bridget ^a   Shenoy, Anant M ^a   Blanchard, Rebecca ^b  

^a BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMFORT; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85012124107     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2017.101     Document Type: Review

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