The science of changing providers’ behaviour: the missing link  in evidence-based practice

Behavioural sciences can make a substantive contribution

1 Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW.
2 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
3 Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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