Evaluating the process of tailoring the global HIV/AIDS practice guidelines for use in developing countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Wabitsch, Rudolph ^a   Margolis, Carmi Z ^b   Malkin, Jean Elie ^c   Abu Saad, Kathleen ^b   Waksman, Javier ^d  

^a United Nations   (Switzerland)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Institute Alfred Fournier   (France)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical algorithms; Guideline adaptation; HIV management; Practice guidelines; Semantic analysis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALGORITHMS; BARBADOS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031834983     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.2.147     Document Type: Article

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