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In a medical context, guidelines are a series of suggestions, issued by official bodies, such as the Department of Health or by independent experts, for the conduct of medical practice. They include advice on the treatment of particular disorders or on effective ways of dealing with any clinical or human-relational problem. Guidelines are not prescriptive or directive, but doctors who fail to follow widely-recognized guidelines risk criticism and may even, in the event of poor outcomes be at risk of legal action. The practice of publishing guidelines, and of amending and updating them regularly, has grown steadily in recent years.

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ECRI Institute, a US nonprofit organisation that is an independent, trusted authority on the medical practices and products that provide the safest, most cost-effective care, reported on Friday the receipt of USD2.4m grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to ensure that the healthcare community has free access to the ECRI Guidelines Trust.

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