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. 1999 Jun;170(6):348-51.

Developing clinical guidelines

P G Shekelle  1 , S H Woolf, M Eccles, J Grimshaw
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Developing clinical guidelines

P G Shekelle et al. West J Med. 1999 Jun.

Abstract

The methods of guideline development should ensure that treating patients according to guidelines will achieve the outcomes that are desired. This article presents a combination of the literature about guideline development and the results of our combined experience in guideline development in North America and Britain. It considers the 5 steps in the initial development of an evidence-based guideline.

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