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Medical guidelines are defined as systematically developed statements to assist practitioners in making decisions on an appropriate health care for specific circumstances .The movement towards guidelines has been gaining ground quickly over the past years, as it is propelled by clinicians, legislators and organizations who are concerned about quality, consistency and costs. The aim of this study were to explore the adherence of Iraqi physicians to implement guidelines in treatment approach, to know which guideline was applied in the treatment approach of different diseases and to assess the extent of awareness of permanents, residents and clinical pharmacists about guidelines. This qualitative research was done in public hospitals by interviews with different specialists(seniors), permanent, rotators and clinical pharmacists working in public healthcare settings. The result from this study was that there is no Iraqi guideline depended in public hospitals and the guidelines used by specialists were different according to their post graduations study and experience . The suggestion from this study was making Iraqi guidelines for different diseases and be obligatory to use in health care settings.
| Has the manuscript been published? | Not published |
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| Intend to be published in the conference journal (IJPS)? | Yes |
| Field/discipline | Clinical/Social Pharmacy |
