US family physicians' experiences with practice guidelines.

Abstract

If guidelines are to be used by practicing family physicians, a generalist perspective needs to be considered in future guideline development and implementation. Younger physicians had more positive attitudes toward guidelines.

Keywords

GuidelineFamily medicineMedicineClinical PracticeSample (material)Perspective (graphical)MEDLINEAffect (linguistics)PsychologyMedical education

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Medical College of Wisconsin US

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Publication Info

Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 30
Issue: 2
Pages: 117-21
Citations: 62
Access: Closed

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                                    M Wolff, 
                                
                                    Douglas J. Bower, 
                                
                                    Anne Marbella
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            US family physicians' experiences with practice guidelines.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 30
                            (2)
                            , 117-21.