Physicians Use Non-Cemented Hips Despite Practice Guidelines – Study
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence should sponsor patient and physician education programs led by clinical experts to help facilitate uptake of evidence-based practice guidelines, according to an editorial in The Lancet May 8
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