MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE OVERLOAD - A DISTURBING TREND FOR PHYSICIANS

Authors
Citation
Re. Hunt et Rg. Newman, MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE OVERLOAD - A DISTURBING TREND FOR PHYSICIANS, Health care management review, 22(1), 1997, pp. 70-75
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Heath Policy & Services
ISSN journal
03616274
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
70 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-6274(1997)22:1<70:MKO-AD>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The article examines responses of more than 500 physicians questioned about the time available far reading professional journals over the pa st 5 years as well as their utilization of information retrieval syste ms. It also examines physicians' perceptions of professional medical s ales personnel as medical information sources.