title: Clinical practice guidelines: questions family physicians should ask themselves.
abstract: Family physicians increasingly are being pressured to use clinical practice guidelines. This article reviews the methods of developing, disseminating and implementing guidelines, and suggests a list of questions that family physicians should ask themselves before accepting any clinical practice guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Centre for Rural Health Studies, Whitbourne, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Worrall
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic