Intended for healthcare professionals

  1. Research
  2. Why general...
  3. Noncompliance may be justifiable

Rapid response to:

Primary Care

Why general practitioners do not implement evidence: qualitative study

BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7321.1100 (Published 10 November 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:1100

Rapid Response:

Noncompliance may be justifiable

Guidelines are a tool that has to be appropriately applied in your
own practice, rather than a standard against which the physician always
falls short [1].

[1] Larkin M. Noncompliance with “best practices” may be justifiable.
Lancet 2001;358:1433.

Competing interests: No competing interests

12 November 2001
Joseph Watine
Hôpital de Rodez, France