Advantages and limitations of clinical guidelines: Can we change clinicians' behaviour?

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-266

  Mele, Alfonso ^a   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Health Care Research Agency   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55349141097     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1121189x00000063     Document Type: Editorial

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