Quality of clinical practice guidelines in dermatological oncology

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1193-1198

  de Haas, E R M ^a   de Vijlder, H C ^a   van Reesema, Siewertz W ^b   van Everdingen, J J E ^a,c   Neumann, H A M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AGREE; Clinical practice guide lines; Dermato oncology; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CARE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548811361     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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