Guidelines international network: Principles for disclosure of interests and management of conflicts in guidelines

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 548-553

  Schünemann, Holger J ^a   AlAnsary, Lubna A ^a   Forland, Frode ^a   Kersten, Sonja ^a   Komulainen, Jorma ^a   Kopp, Ina B ^a   Macbeth, Fergus ^a   Phillips, Susan M ^a   Robbins, Craig ^a   Van Der Wees, Philip ^a   Qaseem, Amir ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84943374006     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1885     Document Type: Article

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