What are hospitals doing about clinical guidelines?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 187-191

  Renvoize, Edward B ^a,b,d   Hampshaw, Susan M ^a   Pinder, Jane M ^a   Ayres, Phil ^b,c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Audit ^*

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical guidelines; Hospitals; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL STAFF; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0031296522     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.4.187     Document Type: Article

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