Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Shaw, C. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Shaw, C. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care 14:173-174 (2002)
© 2002 International Society for Quality in Health Care

Editorial

Changing clinical practice—and perceptions

Charles D. Shaw

We know that clinical guidelines are not self-executing. But the Leeds University Maternity Audit Project [1] has thrown new light on the complexity of change—light that deserves to shine not just on maternity or on the UK; the messages could apply equally in many specialities and in many settings.

The project identified four accessible markers of compliance with available evidence-based guidelines and applied them to existing records in 20 maternity units in 1988 (before the evidence was widely published) and again in 1996 to show how practice had changed. Staff interviews collected further background on attitudes and access to guidelines . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 BMJHome page
Minerva
BMJ, August 3, 2002; 325(7358): 288 - 288.
[Full Text] [PDF]