Editorial: Consensus guidelines: Method or madness

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-227

  Vakil, Nimish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; ENTERITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79751516979     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.504     Document Type: Review

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