November 1998
News
GPs prefer evidence based guidelines
Guidance launched on steroid-induced osteoporosis
Editorial
NICE to lead national guideline development
Clive Jackson, Director of the National Prescribing Centre
Personal View
Time to tackle steroid-induced osteoporosis
Dr Charles Sears welcomes new guidelines on the prevention and management of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
Guideline Development
Chronic heart failure patients have a right to effective therapy
Drs Andrew Clark and John Cleland advocate widespread uptake of the new ESC guidelines to give patients with CHF the benefits of best practice
Guideline Development
Developing patient-centred guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis
Marianne Rigge, Director of the College of Health, describes an innovative project to develop guidelines that are firmly centred on patients' experiences
IT Developments
Accessing guidelines on the NHSnet via 'The Doctor's Desk'
Drs Adrian Brown and Simon de Lusignan explain how GPs will be able to search for evidence-based medicine and guidelines from The Doctor's Desk
Audit
Framingham risk scores help target primary prevention
Dr David Archer explains how the new Framingham Risk Score guidelines have improved his practice's understanding of the use of statins
Guideline Evaluation
Developing nurse-led guidelines for the care of the elderly
Professor Joy Townsend describes the setting up and evaluation of the COPE Project to improve primary care for the over-75s
Top Tips
Teamwork is essential in implementing guidelines
Dr Patricia Donald, Guideline Coordinator, Royal College of General Practitioners, Edinburgh
Letters
Guidelines cannot cover all clinical situations
Guidelines in Practice welcomes letters, if would you like to share your views with other readers please write in
Questions & Answers
Your problems solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on tracking down guidelines and using guidelines from other countries
Out Of Hours
Guidelines that matter spotting a bogus doctor
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Front cover picture: Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library
