Clinical guidelines. Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7182, 1999, Pages 527-530

  Woolf, Steven H ^a   Grol, Richard ^b   Hutchinson, Allen ^c   Eccles, Martin ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033585883     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7182.527     Document Type: Short Survey

References (16)

1. 1 Field MJ, Lohr KN, eds. Clinical practice guidelines: directions for a new program. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1990.
2. 2 Hemming M, Mashford ML. It works in Australia. BMJ 1993;307:678.
3. 3 Field MJ, Lohr KN, eds. Guidelines for clinical practice: from development to use. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1992.
4. 4 Shekelle PG, Wooll SH, Eccles M, Grimshaw J. Developing guidelines, BMJ (in press).
5. 5 Hurwitz B, Eccles M. Legal, political and emotional considerations of clinical practice guidelines. BMJ (in press).
6. 6 Feder G, Eccles M, Grol R, Grilliths C, Grimshaw J. Using clinical guidelines. BMJ (in press).
7. 7 Grimshaw JM, Russell TT. Effect of clinical guidelines on medical practice: a systematic review of rigorous evaluations. Lancet 1993;342:1317-22.
8. 8 Implementing clinical practice guidelines. Effective Health Care 1994;No 8.
9. 9 Chassin MR, Brook RH, Park RE, Keesey J, Fink A, Kosecoff J, et al. Variations in the use of medical and surgical services by the Medicare population. N Engl J Med 1986;314:285-90.
10. 10 Entwistle VA, Watt IS, Davis H, Dickson R, Pickard D, Rosser J. Developing information materials to present the lindings of technology assessments to consumers: the experience of the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Int J Tech Assess Health Care (in press).
11. 11 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Using clinical practice guidelines to evaluate quality of care. Vol 1. Issues. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, 1995. (AHCPR publication No 95-0045.)
12. 12 Cook DJ, Mulrow CD, Haynes RB. Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for clinical practice. Ann Intern Med 1997;126:376-80.
13. 13 Shapiro DW, Lasker RD, Bindman AB, Lee PR. Containing costs while improving quality of care: the role of profiling and practice guidelines. Annu Rev Public Health 1993;14:219-41.
14. 14 Kane RL. Creating practice guidelines: the dangers of over-reliance on expert judgment. J Law Med Ethics 1995;23:62-4.
15. 15 Woolf SH. Shared decision-making: the case for letting patients decide which choice is best. J Fam Pract 1997;45:205-8.
16. 16 Feder G. Management of mild hypertension: which guidelines to follow? BMJ 1994;308:470-1.