Considering intellectual, in addition to financial, conflicts of interest proved important in a clinical practice guideline: A descriptive study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1222-1228

  Akl, Elie A ^a,b,c   El Hachem, Pierre ^d   Abou Haidar, Hiba ^e   Neumann, Ignacio ^b,f   Schünemann, Holger J ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Consensus development; Financial conflicts of interest; Guideline panel; Intellectual conflicts of interest; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ETHICS; STANDARDS; THROMBOSIS;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84908287778     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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