Clinical guidelines and the law
- 9 December 1995
- Vol. 311 (7019), 1517-1518
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7019.1517
Abstract
Yet clinical practice is now governed by a vast array of regulations in the form of protocols, practice policies, clinical guidelines, and codes of practice. Their current ascendancy is not simply due to state intervention. It reflects a change in the balance of power within the framework adopted for the delivery of health care. Professional stewardship of clinical standards, health services, and the deployment …Keywords
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