TY - JOUR AU - Dahm, Philipp AU - Djulbegovic, Benjamin PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/15 TI - The Australian 'FORM' approach to guideline development: The quest for the perfect system JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 17 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Clinical practice guidelines have been defined as systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decision-making about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances. They play an important role in guiding evidence based clinical practice. The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council has developed and pilot-tested a new framework for guideline development, the FORM approach, the role of which has yet to be further defined. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-17 DO - 10.1186/1471-2288-11-17 ID - Dahm2011 ER -