Clinical practice guidelines as tools of public policy: conflicts of purpose, issues of autonomy, and justice

MeSH terms

• Biomedical Research
• Conflict of Interest / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Cost Control / legislation & jurisprudence
• Ethical Review
• Ethics, Medical*
• Federal Government
• Government Regulation
• Health Care Rationing / legislation & jurisprudence
• Health Care Rationing / standards
• Health Policy / economics
• Health Policy / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Humans
• Patient Advocacy / legislation & jurisprudence*
• Personal Autonomy*
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Practice Guidelines as Topic*
• Resource Allocation
• Social Justice
• Social Values
• United States
• United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Vulnerable Populations