Better guidance is welcome, but without blinders

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Peters, David H ^a   Bennett, Sara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SYSTEMS PLANS;

EID: 84858951704     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001188     Document Type: Article

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