Doctors can depart from guidelines in patients' best interests

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fryar, Caroline ^a  

^a Medical Defence Union ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INTEREST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SKILL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84923164459     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h841     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. McCartney M. Don't be bullied into prescribing Tamiflu. BMJ 2015;350:h417. (22 January.)
2. Medical Defence Union (MDU). Must doctors comply with guidelines? www.themdu.com/ guidance-and-advice/case-studies/must-doctors-comply-with-guidelines.