title: The legal status of clinical practice parameters: an updated annotated bibliography.
abstract: In response to extensive speculation about the probable liability implications for health care providers of the formal creation and dissemination of explicit practice parameters of guidelines, I prepared several years ago an annotated bibliography of emerging literature on that topic (1). Since preparation of that catalogue, little meaningful clarification of these issues has emerged from the courts, legislatures, or regulatory agencies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45401-0927, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kapp
mesh_terms: D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence