Attributes of clinical guidelines that influence use of guidelines in general practice: Observational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7162, 1998, Pages 858-861

  Grol, Richard ^a   Dalhuijsen, Johannes ^b   Thomas, Siep ^b   In 'T Veld, Cees ^b   Rutten, Guy ^c   Mokkink, Henk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032569411     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7162.858     Document Type: Article

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