The emergence of clinical practice guidelines

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 691-727

  Weisz, George ^a   Cambrosio, Alberto ^b   Keating, Peter ^b   Knaapen, Loes ^b   Schlich, Thomas ^b   Tournay, Virginie J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Social Studies of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Health policy; Practice guidelines; Regulation; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CREDENTIALING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749062494     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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