# guideline

A medical guideline related to this entity.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [MedicalGuideline](https://schema.org.ai/MedicalGuideline) | Any recommendation made by a standard society (e.g. ACC/AHA) or consensus statement that denotes how to diagnose and treat a particular condition. Note: this type should be used to tag the actual guideline recommendation; if the guideline recommendation occurs in a larger scholarly article, use MedicalScholarlyArticle to tag the overall article, not this type. Note also: the organization making the recommendation should be captured in the recognizingAuthority base property of MedicalEntity. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [MedicalEntity](https://schema.org.ai/MedicalEntity) | The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine. |

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