From ABCs to GRADE: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care's new rating system for clinical practice guidelines

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1282-1289

  Bell, Neil ^a   Gorber, Sarah Connor ^b   Tonelli, Marcello ^a   Pottie, Kevin ^c,d   Singh, Harminder ^e,f   Joffres, Michel ^g   Shaw, Elizabeth ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84890412479     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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