Problems and promises of the protocol

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1081-1088

  Berg, Marc ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Health care professions; Medical decision making; Protocols

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0031002978     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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