Clinical guidelines: An ambitious national strategy

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7104, 1997, Pages 324-

  West, Elizabeth ^a   Newton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030749955     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7104.324     Document Type: Editorial

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