title: Clinical practice guidelines: their purposes and uses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taler
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality