Why Are We Ignoring Guideline Recommendations?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-98

  Alpert, Joseph S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WARFARIN;

EID: 74749089818     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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