Impact of national guidelines about the management of colorectal cancer on Australian surgeons' awareness of evidence: A pre/post survey

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 418-427

  Cooney, A ^a   Gattellari, M ^b   Donnelly, N ^c   Ward, Jeanette ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c S Western Sydney Area Hlth Serv ^*

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dissemination; Evidence based guidelines; Implementation; Research Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SURGEON;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 8844236976     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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