title: Clinical practice guidelines and the law.
abstract: With physicians in Canada under increasing threat of malpractice litigation, it has been suggested that adopting clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) as standards of care would free doctors from the fear of litigation initiated by dissatisfied patients. However, ethicist Eike-Henner Kluge argues that CPGs can only be considered general indicators of standards of care.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kluge
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards