Clinical Policies: Their History, Future, Medical Legal Implications, and Growing Importance to Physicians

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-432

  Napoli, Anthony M ^a   Jagoda, Andy ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical policies; clinical practice guidelines; evidence based medicine; malpractice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36549025871     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.050     Document Type: Article

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