Clinical practice guidelines before the law: Sword or shield?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 330-333

  Pelly, Janet E ^a   Newby, Liza ^a   Tito, Fiona ^b   Redman, Sally ^a   Adrian, Amanda M ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b Enduring Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d Private Health Care Branch

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; LAW; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032556004     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140288.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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