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Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines?

Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines? Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines? Ilaria Baiardini, Fulvio Braido, Matteo Bonini, Enrico Compalati and Giorgio Walter Canonica Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Purpose of review Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, The aim of this review is to evaluate the factors related to the doctor and the patient Italy that could make following the guidelines difficult. It also underlines the importance of Correspondence to Giorgio Walter Canonica, Allergy the adherence to guidelines themselves in order to ameliorate both the control of and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), 10 Pad Maragliano, Largo Rosanna healthcare and the patients’ quality of life. Benzi, 16132 Genoa, Italy Recent findings Tel: +39 01 03538933; fax: +39 01 03538904; e-mail: canonica@unige.it Following guidelines not only depend on factors related to guidelines themselves, to social–cultural context or to the strategies used to spread them: different studies Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2009, 9:228–233 have underlined that the characteristics linked to the doctor’s and patient’s subjectivity are crucial. Summary Guidelines are recommendations regarding clinical behaviour, and their implementation is a complex process that is influenced by different factors, related both to the characteristics of guidelines themselves and to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology Wolters Kluwer Health

Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines?

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1528-4050
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1473-6322
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10.1097/ACI.0b013e32832b4651
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Why do doctors and patients not follow guidelines? Ilaria Baiardini, Fulvio Braido, Matteo Bonini, Enrico Compalati and Giorgio Walter Canonica Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Purpose of review Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, The aim of this review is to evaluate the factors related to the doctor and the patient Italy that could make following the guidelines difficult. It also underlines the importance of Correspondence to Giorgio Walter Canonica, Allergy the adherence to guidelines themselves in order to ameliorate both the control of and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), 10 Pad Maragliano, Largo Rosanna healthcare and the patients’ quality of life. Benzi, 16132 Genoa, Italy Recent findings Tel: +39 01 03538933; fax: +39 01 03538904; e-mail: canonica@unige.it Following guidelines not only depend on factors related to guidelines themselves, to social–cultural context or to the strategies used to spread them: different studies Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2009, 9:228–233 have underlined that the characteristics linked to the doctor’s and patient’s subjectivity are crucial. Summary Guidelines are recommendations regarding clinical behaviour, and their implementation is a complex process that is influenced by different factors, related both to the characteristics of guidelines themselves and to

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Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jun 1, 2009

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