A guideline is a statement by which to determine a course of action. A guideline aims to streamline particular processes according to a set routine or sound practice. Guidelines may be issued by and used by any organization (governmental or private) to make the actions of its employees or divisions more predictable, and presumably of higher quality. A guideline is similar to a

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, but are legally less binding as justified deviations are possible.

List of guidelines

Examples of guidelines are: * Code of practice * EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles * Federal Sentencing Guidelines * Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office *

Medical guidelines Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

* Publicly Available Specification * Programming style guidelines * UNGEGN Toponymic Guidelines

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