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Comment
. 2016 May 31;13(5):e1002030.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002030. eCollection 2016 May.

Nondisclosure of Financial Interest in Clinical Practice Guideline Development: An Intractable Problem?

Hilda Bastian  1
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Nondisclosure of Financial Interest in Clinical Practice Guideline Development: An Intractable Problem?

Hilda Bastian. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In a Perspective linked to Stelfox and colleagues, Hilda Bastian discusses the challenges of improving transparency and management of financial conflicts of interest among committees that develop guidelines for medical practice.

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Conflict of interest statement

HB was a member of the GRADE Working Group from 2008 to 2011, and a member of the working group that developed the 1999 Australian National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines on the development, evaluation, and implementation of clinical practice guidelines: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cpcre/pdf/nhmrc_clinprgde.pdf. HB is also a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

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