Managing conflicts of interest in the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines programme: Qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Graham, Tanya ^a   Alderson, Phil ^b   Stokes, Tim ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; GOVERNMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84926176651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122313     Document Type: Article

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