„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 evidence of variation in practice wh
ich affects patient outcomes and a strong research base providing evidence of effective practice, guidelines can assist doctors and other health care professiona
...[+++]ls in making decisions about appropriate and effective care for their patients.