The terms «clinical recommendations», «clinical guidelines», «diagnostic and treatment protocol»: a comparative analysis of definitions
... the main regulatory documents for top-level medical personnel: “clinical recommendations”, “clinical guidelines”, “diagnostic and treatment protocol”. The article compares the terminological phrases with the keywords “recommendations”, “management” and “protocol”,... ... guidelines” and “diagnostic and treatment protocol” have a different set of relevant (constitutive, basic) features of the document. A comparison of the definitions of the three main types of documents — recommendations, guidelines and protocol — showed ...
