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The Maturation of Consensus Conferences

Fitzhugh Mullan, MD; Itzhak Jacoby, PhD

JAMA. 1985;254(8):1068-1072.

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DURING the past 7 1/2 years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has sponsored 50 consensus development conferences assessing a wide diversity of important biomedical topics.

The first five years of this new effort were a time of experimentation. Formats and approaches of these first-generation conferences changed to some extent with new topics. Gradually, however, a set of common principles emerged for conducting a consensus conference effectively. Starting in 1982, the second generation of consensus conferences were held in conformance with these principles. Careful assessment of these more recent experiences stimulated plans for a new approach to this effort, involving formal methods for data synthesis. At the onset of a new generation of consensus conferences, it is worthwhile to examine the evolution of the consensus development process to its current status and its potential for further growth as a part of the complex decision-making apparatus of our health care system. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Health and Environment, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe (Dr Mullan), and the Office of Medical Applications of Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (Dr Jacoby).

Footnotes
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