The quality of clinical practice guidelines in hand therapy

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-209

  MacDermid, Joy C ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAND THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SHOULDER; TENDINITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 2642519774     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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