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The Need to Systematically Evaluate Clinical Practice Guidelines

Allen F. Shaughnessy, Lisa Cosgrove and Joel R. Lexchin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 644-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160115
Allen F. Shaughnessy
the Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS); the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston (LC); and the School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada (JRL).
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Lisa Cosgrove
the Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS); the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston (LC); and the School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada (JRL).
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Joel R. Lexchin
the Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS); the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston (LC); and the School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada (JRL).
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vol. 29 no. 6 644-648
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160115
PubMed 
28076244

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication April 6, 2016
  • Revision received June 6, 2016
  • Accepted for publication June 13, 2016
  • Published online November 9, 2016.

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© Copyright 2016 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd,
  2. Lisa Cosgrove, PhD and
  3. Joel R. Lexchin, MD
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA (AFS); the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston (LC); and the School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada (JRL).
  1. Corresponding author: Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd, Tufts University Family Medicine Residency, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, MA 41111 (E-mail: Allen.Shaughnessy{at}tufts.edu).
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Allen F. Shaughnessy, Lisa Cosgrove, Joel R. Lexchin
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