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Consumer contributions in developing clinical practice guidelines.

M L Lanza·A Ericsson
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Clinical practice guidelines are designed for use with consumers. However, consumers are rarely consulted about their development. This paper describes a research project to develop clinical practice guidelines for a community meeting to prevent and intervene with assaultive behavior. The research included consumer input from psychiatric inpatients. The two-phase approach with the consumers included a focus group, followed by survey research. Results, problems, and recommendations are presented.

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BostonCommunity Mental Health ServicesCommunity ParticipationFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNursing ResearchPractice Guidelines as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesViolenceJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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M L Lanza, A Ericsson. 2000. Consumer contributions in developing clinical practice guidelines.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001786-200001000-00006

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