North of England evidence based guidelines development project: methods of guideline development
BMJPublished 23 March 1996Open access
M. Eccles, Z. Clapp, Jeremy Grimshaw, Philip C. Adams, Bernard Higgins, I Purves
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The methods used to develop evidence based guidelines for the primary care management of two common chronic conditions—namely, asthma in adults and stable angina—and summary versions of the two guidelines that resulted are described.
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