Specialist advisers that assist institutional investors in their allocation decisions to private equity. Most manage funds of funds.

intermediaries which endowments, pension funds and other institutional investors use as advisors regarding private equity investments.

Specialist advisers who assist institutional investors in their private equity allocation decisions. Most manage funds of funds.

Usually a primary care physician in an HMO who determines the patient's access to further treatment and specialists.

In long-term care Insurance, refers to policy provisions, restrictions or limitations that qualify the insured to begin receiving benefits, such as being referred for care by a physician, being unable to perform a specified number of activities of daily living, having a prior hospital confinement, or others. Technically, these are the coverage triggers in long -term care policies. Also called safety nets.

The physician (usually a primary care doctor) whodetermines which services a patient will receive and when and wherespecialty referrals will occur. High-tech lab and x-ray proceduresusually are under the control of the gatekeeper.

In business-to-business (B-to-B or B2B) marketing, the employees who screen mail, phone calls and other in-coming communications intended for high-level executives. Marketing professionals regard these people with the same mix of fear and loathing Harry Potter feels for trolls and dragons.

Old Testament term referring to the elders who sat at the gates of their city where the controlled the flow of commerce, i.e., who would be allowed in and out of the city. As used by the Theocrats it means they intend to run everything in society -- law, education, entertainment, commerce, etc. The term is used many times in the Community Impact Committee Seminars as put on by Focus on the Family.

Those in control of the flow of information. The gatekeeper can choose to accept or reject a piece of information for public consumption. Newspaper publishers, editors and reporters, television producers, press secretaries, government spokespersons, radio station owners and broadcasting executives have all been cited as examples of media gatekeepers.

The people within a newsroom who make the decisions about what will be published or broadcast and what priority it will receive.

people who determine what will be printed, broadcast, produced, or consumed in the mass media

Tumour-suppressor genes or proteins that regulate cellular responses that prevent the survival or proliferation of potential cancer cells. These responses are known as apoptosis and cellular senescence, respectively.

For the 2002 nonfiction book by Jacques Steinberg, please redirect to The Gatekeepers

individuals trained to identify persons at risk of suicide and refer them to treatment or supporting services as appropriate

Sources that control the flow of information.