Attitudes and Perceptions about Clinical Guidelines: A Qualitative Study with Spanish Physicians

Clinical guidelines (CGs) are popular for healthcare decision making but their acceptability and use by healthcare providers is influenced by numerous factors. Some of these factors are professional-related, such as knowledge and perceptions of and attitudes toward CGs in general. The aim of our study was to evaluate attitudes and perceptions of Spanish physicians towards CGs.We coordinated six discussion groups with a total of 46 physicians....