AGREEing on Canadian cardiovascular clinical practice guidelines

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 753-757

  Stone, James A ^a   Austford, Leslie ^b   Parker, John H ^c   Gledhill, Norm ^d   Tremblay, Guy ^e   Arthur, Heather M ^f   Arthur, Heather ^g   Campbell, Norm ^g   Drouin, Denis ^g   Feldman, Ross ^g   Fodor, George ^g   Gagnon, Rene ^g   Genest, Jacques ^g   Harris, Stewart ^g   Lau, David ^g   Leiter, Lawrence ^g   Pipe, Andrew ^g   Sharratt, Michael ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Cardiac Wellness Institute of Calgary   (Canada)

^c Canadian Cardiovascular Society   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Centre de Santé Publique 03   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Best practices; Canadian health care system; Clinical practice guidelines; Health care policy; Health outcomes; Health promotion; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 54449096580     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70679-2     Document Type: Article

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