How to Use a Clinical Practice Guideline

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Dahm, Philipp ^a   Yeung, Lawrence L ^a   Gallucci, Michele ^b   Simone, Giuseppe ^c   Schünemann, Holger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; practice guidelines as topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTENT VALIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; READING;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 58149193197     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.041     Document Type: Article

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