TY - JOUR T1 - Going Dutch? How to make clinical guidelines work: an innovative report from Holland JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 307 LP - 308 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-4-307 VL - 1 IS - 4 AU - Geoffrey Gill Y1 - 2001/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/1/4/307.abstract N2 - 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. ER -