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International Guidelines
All for One and One for All?
Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1043-1044.
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THE INTERNATIONAL Council of Ophthalmology and the World Health Organization are in the process of approving the development of international guidelines for eye care based on the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Preferred Practice Patterns (PPPs) and its condensed form of Summary Benchmarks.1 Although the objective of PPPs may remain unclear to some, the American Medical Association states that the primary goal of such practice parameters is physician-centered, that is, "to assist physicians in clinical decision-making."2 A secondary, unstated but recognized, profession-centered goal also exists, which is to raise and abolish differentials in the overall level of ophthalmic practice within the United States.
Preferred practice patterns and similar guidelines in other medical specialties have rapidly gained widespread acceptance in certain sectors of the American medical care community, so much so that "rates of compliance with" and "ways of enforcing" such guidelines are being debated.3-4 Now, there is an effort to replicate . . . [Full Text of this Article] MINIMUM STANDARDS VS DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS
TRADITION MIGHT GET IN THE WAY
GUIDELINES SPECIFIC FOR TIME AND PLACE
INTERNATIONAL (BUT NOT GLOBAL) GUIDELINES
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International Guidelines: All for One and One for All?--Reply
Okada
Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:1091-1092.
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International Guidelines: All for One and One for All?
Tso et al.
Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:1090-1091.
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