title: The value of surgical practice guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barraclough
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D013502:General Surgery / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012308:Risk Management