Is an evidence-based approach to creating guidelines always the right one?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-61

  Fried, M ^a   Quigley, Eamonn M M ^b   Hunt, Richard H ^c   Guyatt, Gordon ^d   Anderson, Benjamin O ^e   Bjorkman, David J ^f   Farthing, Michael J G ^g   Fedail, Suleiman S ^h   Green Thompson, Ronald ⁱ   Hampton, John ^j   Krabshuis, Justus ^k   Laine, Loren ^l   Horton, Richard ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h Fedail Medical Center   (Sudan)

ⁱ KwaZulu Natal University   (South Africa)

^j QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^k Highland Data ^*  (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 39049131538     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0997     Document Type: Review

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