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Developing a Clinician Friendly Tool to Identify Useful Clinical Practice Guidelines: G-TRUST

Allen F. Shaughnessy, Akansha Vaswani, Bonnie K. Andrews, Deborah R. Erlich, Frank D’Amico, Joel Lexchin and Lisa Cosgrove
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2017, 15 (5) 413-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2119
Allen F. Shaughnessy
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
PharmD, MMedEd
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Akansha Vaswani
2Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bonnie K. Andrews
2Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
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Deborah R. Erlich
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Frank D’Amico
3McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Joel Lexchin
4School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Lisa Cosgrove
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vol. 15 no. 5 413-418
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2119
PubMed 
28893810

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 24, 2016
  • Revision received February 6, 2017
  • Accepted for publication March 16, 2017
  • Published online September 11, 2017.

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  1. Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd1⇑,
  2. Akansha Vaswani, MS2,
  3. Bonnie K. Andrews, MPH2,
  4. Deborah R. Erlich, MD, MMedEd1,
  5. Frank D’Amico, PhD3,
  6. Joel Lexchin, MD4 and
  7. Lisa Cosgrove, PhD2
  1. 1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
  2. 2Department of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
  3. 3McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  4. 4School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd, Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge, Health Alliance, Tufts University, 195 Canal St, Malden, MA 02148, Allen.Shaughnessy{at}tufts.edu

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