Guidelines in general practice: The new tower of Babel?

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7162, 1998, Pages 862-

  Hibble, Arthur ^a   Kanka, David ^a   Pencheon, David ^b  

^a FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0032569424     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7162.862     Document Type: Article

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