Legal Ramifications of Ambiguous Clinical Guidelines—Reply

• Autores: Richard S. Klasco, Lewis H. Glinert
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 317, Nº. 19, 2017, págs. 2020-2021
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In Reply In highlighting the potential misuse of practice guidelines in litigation, Mr Kels and Dr Kels draw attention to one of the many unintended consequences of intermediate-grade recommendations; that is, that the authority of a professional society’s imprimatur and the appearance of quantitation inherent in an alphanumeric rating system may convey the impression of an action that is thoroughly evidence-based and ought to be performed, despite any number of layers of equivocation that might be deployed as a hedge against that impression.