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Guideline Adaptation: An Appealing Alternative to De Novo Guideline Development
- Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA;
- Vincenza Snow, MD; and
- Douglas Owens, MD, MS
- From the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford, CA 94305.
IN RESPONSE:
We thank Dr. Fervers and colleagues and Dr. Palda and associates for their comments on ACP's guidance statement. We concur that the AGREE instrument is not comprehensive enough to capture such issues as those raised by Dr. Fervers and colleagues. In our article, we acknowledged the limitations of the AGREE instrument, such as the inability to …
