Clinical practice guidelines: Barriers to durability after effective early implementation

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-169

  Brand, Caroline ^a   Landgren, F ^b   Hutchinson, A ^a   Jones, C ^a   MacGregor, L ^a   Campbell, D ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Communicating for Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articles; Clinical practice guideline; COPD; Focus groups; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 15244341017     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00763.x     Document Type: Review

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