„They are designed to help practitioners assimilate, evaluate and implement the everincreasing amount of evid
ence and opinion on best current practice. Clinical
guidelines are intended as neither cookbook nor textbook but, where there is evide
nce of variation in practice which affects patient outcomes and a strong research base providing evidence of effective practice, guidelines can assist doctors and other health care professionals in making decisions about appropriate a
...[+++]nd effective care for their patients.