Going Dutch? How to make clinical guidelines work: an innovative report from Holland
Geoffrey Gill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.1-4-307
Clin Med July 2001 Geoffrey Gill
University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool
MSc MA FRCPAbstract
This article describes the findings of a recent Dutch enquiry on the translation of modern medical evidence and research into good clinical practice. There is a huge current increase in ‘clinical guidelines’ for many diseases, but even when reasonably evidence-based, there is little evidence that they positively affect clinical practice and patient care to any great extent. Educational and management issues are as important as the quality of the clinical advice. Patient acceptance factors also need to be considered.
- © 2001 Royal College of Physicians
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Going Dutch? How to make clinical guidelines work: an innovative report from Holland
Geoffrey Gill
Clinical Medicine Jul 2001, 1 (4) 307-308; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-4-307
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