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The development of guidelines for drug and alcohol dependence treatment: affecting policy and practice
Author(s) -
HEATHER NICK,
MATTICK RICHARD P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239400185191
Subject(s) - quality assurance , clinical practice , policy development , expert opinion , quality (philosophy) , psychology , drug , medical education , medicine , family medicine , political science , psychiatry , public administration , philosophy , external quality assessment , pathology , epistemology , intensive care medicine
The rationale and methodology behind the Australian Quality Assurance Project is described. The Project aimed to develop guidelines for treatment content based on three sources of information: research findings, current practice and expert opinion. The issue of the gap between research and practice is discussed, as well as the role of dissemination in altering clinician behaviour. [Heather, N, Mattick, RP. The development of guidelines for drug and alcohol dependence treatment: affecting policy and practice. Drug Alcohol Rev 1994;13:119–125.]