When should clinical guidelines be updated?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7305, 2001, Pages 155-157

  Shekelle, P ^a   Eccles, M P ^b   Grimshaw, J M ^c   Woolf, S H ^d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035928506     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7305.155     Document Type: Short Survey

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