title: Clinical guidelines: a sword or a shield in clinical negligence litigation?
authors: Department of Urology, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent.
authors: Howard
authors: H
authors: Marsh
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Reynard
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014572:Urology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards