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The process of producing a “NICE” guideline

Part of: Special Articles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2011

David Goldberg
David Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London (United Kingdom)
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Address for correspondence: Professor D. Goldberg, Institute of Psychiatry De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8A (United Kingdom) E-mail: davidpgoldberg@yahoo.com.
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Summary

This paper describes the process of preparing a Clinical Guideline for “NICE”, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom. The procedure involves the group appointed to prepare the guideline relating to the various “stakeholders” who have an interest on the one hand, and satisfying the fairly demanding standards set by NICE on the other. The strengths and limitations of the approach based on evidence based medicine are discussed.

Keywords

clinical guidelinesevidence-based medicine.
Type
Special Article
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 211 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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