title: Doctors can depart from guidelines in patients' best interests.
authors.affiliation: Medical Defence Union, London E14 5GS, UK dawn.boyall@themdu.com.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fryar
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom