title: Conflict of interest guidelines for clinical guidelines.
abstract: • Clinical guidelines are being increasingly produced to improve quality of care, but are vulnerable to bias. • Only 15% of guidelines on the National Health and Medical Research Council portal from the most prolific developers have published conflict of interest statements, and fewer detail the processes used to manage conflicts. • Comprehensive disclosure of conflicts is needed to safeguard the integrity of clinical guidelines and the medical profession. • Peak bodies and clinicians should seek to promote an improvement to current poor practice.
authors: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC. michael.williams@monash.edu
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Williams
authors: Dev A S
authors: DA
authors: Kevat
authors: Bebe
authors: B
authors: Loff
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D030881:Disclosure; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*