Language for Actionable Recommendations in Clinical Guidelines: Avoiding Hedging and Equivocation

JAMA. 2017 Feb 14;317(6):583-584. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.20670.

Authors

Richard S Klasco¹, Lewis H Glinert²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Linguistics Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hamphsire.

PMID: 28196262
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.20670

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Communication*
Evidence-Based Medicine / standards
Humans
Language*
Medical Writing / standards*
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Societies, Medical / standards
United States