title: Passive dissemination of printed educational materials in medicine has no or negligible effect on patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. glundberg@medscape.net
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lundberg
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*