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New Australian melanoma management guidelines: the patient perspective
Author(s) -
ButtonSloan Alison E,
Thompson John F
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50813
Subject(s) - citation , melanoma , library science , medicine , perspective (graphical) , history , media studies , sociology , art , visual arts , computer science , cancer research
The fundamental objective of clinical management guidelines for any disease entity is to ensure that the information required to provide evidencebased management recommendations to patients is readily available to their treating clinicians. It is well established that familiarity with guidelines by clinicians and adherence to them increases the number of patients receiving bestpractice care and improves outcomes.1 However, although management guidelines are intended primarily for clinicians, they must also reflect the patient perspective.2