Why are clinical practice guidelines not followed?: The European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine and European Union of Medical Specialists joint working group on Guidelines

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1133-1139

  Barth, Julian H ^a   Misra, Shivani ^b   Aakre, Kristin Moberg ^c   Langlois, Michel R ^d   Watine, Joseph ^e   Twomey, Patrick J ^f   Oosterhuis, Wytze P ^g  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^e Hôpital la Chartreuse   (France)

^f ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

guidelines; quality assurance; quality indicator

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974678933     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0871     Document Type: Review

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