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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
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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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Allen F. Shaughnessy, Akansha Vaswani, Bonnie K. Andrews, Deborah R. Erlich, Frank D’Amico, Joel Lexchin, Lisa Cosgrove
The Annals of Family Medicine Sep 2017, 15 (5) 413-418; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2119

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