This work describes the advantages and disadvantages of various clinical guidelines. It describes the scope of their use in different healthcare systems, methods of developing and using them, the legal issues and future challenges.
Author(s): Martin Eccles, Jeremy Grimshaw, Donald Irvine
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 121
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
List of contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
Potential benefits of clinical practice guidelines......Page 21
Potential limitations and harms of guidelines......Page 25
References......Page 29
Introduction......Page 32
Europe......Page 33
North America......Page 37
Australia......Page 38
Conclusion......Page 39
References......Page 40
Introduction......Page 50
Identifying and refining the subject area of a guideline......Page 51
Convening and running guideline development groups......Page 53
Identifying and assessing the evidence......Page 56
Translating evidence into a clinical practice guideline......Page 61
Updating of a guideline......Page 64
Discussion......Page 65
References......Page 66
Introduction......Page 70
Guidelines and legislation......Page 72
Standards of medical care......Page 73
Author or sponsor liability......Page 76
Discretion......Page 77
Conclusions......Page 80
References......Page 82
Introduction......Page 86
Using clinical guidelines within healthcare organisations......Page 87
Finding valid guidelines to use......Page 90
Appraising guidelines......Page 92
Adaptation of valid guidelines......Page 93
Using guidelines for individual healthcare professionals......Page 97
References......Page 98
Introduction......Page 102
Increasing the sophistication of guideline development methods......Page 103
Understanding factors that influence the implementation of guidelines......Page 108
Prioritising when to develop and implement guidelines......Page 110
References......Page 111
B......Page 114
D......Page 115
H......Page 117
N......Page 118
R......Page 119
U......Page 120
W......Page 121
