GPAC: Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee

Patient Information Guides

The B.C. Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee provides doctors and patients with recommendations for medical care to help ensure that patients receive the best quality health care in a cost-effective way. Guidelines and protocols help doctors identify the tests, treatments or procedures that are most appropriate for common situations. This is important as rapid increases in medical knowledge and technology have dramatically increased the treatment options and alternatives available to doctors and patients.

Patient information guides are available on the following guidelines and protocols health topics:

Disclaimer

The Clinical Practice Guidelines (the "Guidelines") have been developed by the Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee on behalf of the Medical Services Commission. The Guidelines are intended to give an understanding of a clinical problem, and outline one or more preferred approaches to the investigation and management of the problem. The Guidelines are not intended as a substitute for the advice or professional judgment of a health care professional, nor are they intended to be the only approach to the management of clinical problems.

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