| Description |
ix, 180 pages |
| Contents |
Developing a national guideline / T. Stephenson -- Developing local guidelines / M. Atkinson -- Getting started, or working back to front / R. Bowker -- Forming clinical questions / R. Bowker -- Searching for evidence / R. Bowker -- Critical appraisal and building evidence tables / R. Bowker -- Consensus processes / K. Armon -- The Delphi consensus process / K. Armon -- Health economics / H.-R. Douglas -- Making recommendations / M. Lakhanpaul -- The audit package / R. MacFaul -- Appraisal / R. Bowker -- Dissemination and implementation, or getting the message across / M. Lakhanpaul -- Legal issues / R. Bowker |
| Summary |
"Guidelines are an integral part of modern healthcare systems and are used and developed by all healthcare professionals. This handbook gives a complete overview of the process of preparing and implementing guidelines from start to finish. The authors give examples of each step in the process, illustrated from existing guidelines, and show how to access the extensive literature that is available throughout the world by inclusion of a comprehensive list of important sites."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Practice Guidelines as Topic.
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Clinical Protocols.
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Writing.
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Reference Standards.
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Quality of Health Care.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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| Author |
Bowker, Richard, MA.
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| LC no. |
2007017754 |
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