The second edition of the guide to clinical preventive services is a handy compendium of this science as applied to clinical preventive medicine in 1996 the first edition 2 published in 1989 was a landmark work evaluating 169 preventive interventions and grading each on the. Guide to clinical preventive services a report on recommended clinical preventive services that should be provided to patients in the course of routine clinical care including screening for. Reviewed in the united states on september 26 2002 the latest printing of the guide to clinical preventive services includes the 3rd edition addendum the 3rd edition updates are new recommendations that in some cases replace chapters from the 2nd edition and the rest are entirely new. Guide to clinical preventive services report of the united states preventive services task force us preventive services task force text includes a reprint of the second edition and the third edition which updates some recommendations from the second edition. The guide to clinical preventive services resource summary the task force is a panel of independent experts in prevention and evidence based medicine who conduct reviews into and give recommendations on preventive health care