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Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are statements including recommendations that assist patients' and practitioners' decision making regarding high priority clinical issues to pursue better clinical outcomes for patients. Based on the body of evidence from systematic reviews, CPGs are developed considering their benefit, harm, and so on. With an increased interest in healthcare among the general public and improved infrastructure of information, the relationship between a patient and a healthcare professional has been rapidly changing. For CPGs to be adequately recognized and for them to play a larger/better role in society, it is necessary to use current best evidence judiciously and to facilitate considerations on multiple aspects including patients' values and ethical, legal, and economic issues. Furthermore, discussions by various players, not limited to healthcare professionals, are essential. Beginning with the brief history of evidence-based medicine, this article presents an overview of the present status and the future perspective of CPGs and associated matters.