Journal article
Dissemination of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are typically written for health care professionals but are meant to assist patients with health care decisions. A number of guideline producers have started to develop patient versions of CPGs to reach this audience.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the content and purpose of patient versions of CPGs and compare with patient and public views of CPGs.
Authors
Santesso N; Morgano GP; Jack SM; Haynes RB; Hill S; Treweek S; Schünemann HJ; Callaghan M; Graham K; Harbour R
Journal
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 692–702
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
8 2016
DOI
10.1177/0272989x16644427
ISSN
0272-989X