clinical decision making

Defining certainty of net benefit: a GRADE concept paper
Brian S Alper, Peter Oettgen, Ilkka Kunnamo, Alfonso Iorio, Mohammed Toseef Ansari, M Hassan Murad, Joerg J Meerpohl, Amir Qaseem, Monica Hultcrantz, Holger J Schünemann, Gordon Guyatt

BMJ Open Jun 2019, 9 (6) e027445; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027445
UpToDate adherence to GRADE criteria for strong recommendations: an analytical survey
Thomas Agoritsas, Arnaud Merglen, Anja Fog Heen, Annette Kristiansen, Ignacio Neumann, Juan P Brito, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Paul E Alexander, David M Rind, Per O Vandvik, Gordon H Guyatt

BMJ Open Nov 2017, 7 (11) e018593; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018593
Finding the best fit: examining the decision-making of augmentative and alternative communication professionals in the UK using a discrete choice experiment
Edward J D Webb, Yvonne Lynch, David Meads, Simon Judge, Nicola Randall, Juliet Goldbart, Stuart Meredith, Liz Moulam, Stephane Hess, Janice Murray

BMJ Open Nov 2019, 9 (11) e030274; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030274
Factors influencing suicide risk assessment clinical practice: protocol for a scoping review
Lydia Sequeira, Gillian Strudwick, Sharon M Bailey, Vincenzo De Luca, David Wiljer, John Strauss

BMJ Open Feb 2019, 9 (2) e026566; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026566
155: A STUDY OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE USE OF EVIDENCE IN IRANIAN NURSES' CLINICAL JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING WITH SOME RELATED FACTORS IN 2015
Jamal Seidi, Fatemah Alhani, Mahvash Salsali, Anoushirvan Kazemnejad

BMJ Open Feb 2017, 7 (Suppl 1) bmjopen-2016-015415.155; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015415.155
66: EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF EVIDENCE IN THE IRANIAN NURSES' CLINICAL JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING: A HYBRID QUALITATIVE STUDY
Jamal Seidi, Fatemah Alhani, Mahvash Salsali, Anoushirvan Kazemnejad

BMJ Open Feb 2017, 7 (Suppl 1) bmjopen-2016-015415.66; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015415.66
Proposals for enhanced health risk assessment and stratification in an integrated care scenario
Ivan Dueñas-Espín, Emili Vela, Steffen Pauws, Cristina Bescos, Isaac Cano, Montserrat Cleries, Joan Carles Contel, Esteban de Manuel Keenoy, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, David Gomez-Cabrero, Rachelle Kaye, Maarten M H Lahr, Magí Lluch-Ariet, Montserrat Moharra, David Monterde, Joana Mora, Marco Nalin, Andrea Pavlickova, Jordi Piera, Sara Ponce, Sebastià Santaeugenia, Helen Schonenberg, Stefan Störk, Jesper Tegner, Filip Velickovski, Christoph Westerteicher, Josep Roca

BMJ Open Apr 2016, 6 (4) e010301; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010301

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