Evidence-Based Practice Basics: What are Clinical Practice Guidelines?

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Clinicians want to make practice decisions based on the best evidence (this is an assumption, of course - but one I'd hope you'd agree with!). Summary evidence includes the regularly updated evidence-based (EB) textbooks and high-quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). This post will focus on explaining what a clinical practice guideline is, why

 

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