Going from evidence to recommendations
BMJPublished 8 May 2008Open access
Gordon Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman, Regina Kunz, Yngve Falck–Ytter, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Alessandro Liberati
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The GRADE system classifies recommendations made in guidelines as either strong or weak, and the meaning of these descriptions and their implications for patients, clinicians, and policy makers are explored.
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