“The most important limitation of [clinical] guidelines is that the recommendations may be wrong... Practices that are sub-optimal from the patient’s perspective may be recommended to help control costs, serve societal needs, or protect special interests (those of doctors…or politicians, for example).” CfsChronic Fatigue SyndromeMyalgic EncephalomyelitisMe CfsNhsCfs MeCost CuttingInvisible Illness QuotesIllness StigmaNice GuidelinesSocietal Control Author:Steven H. Woolf