Do clinical guidelines still make sense? No

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 202-203

  Upshur, Ross E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

COMORBIDITY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900451628     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1654     Document Type: Note

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