Clinical guidelines: Quality and implementation

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 526-530

  Mäkelä, Marjukka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

AGREE Collaboration; Clinical guidelines; Conflicts of interest; Evidence based medicine; GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation); Guidelines International Network

Indexed keywords

BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 33751064835     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: 16180992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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