Ethical issues in the development and use of guidelines for clinical practice

Redman, B.K.

Journal of Clinical Ethics 7(3): 251-256

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 1046-7890
PMID: 8981196
Document Number: 459998
In order to serve the purposes expected of them, practice guidelines must be more than summaries of available research; they must also challenge the values that are implicit in the way practice questions have been framed and outcomes have been chosen. The IOM has defined desirable attributes of practice guidelines, focused on the characteristics of measurement and implementation. It is also desirable for guidelines to meet certain ethical criteria.

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