Evidence Based Medicine (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Sharon E. Straus; W. Scott Richardson; Paul Glasziou; R. Brian Haynes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443074445 ISBN 13: 9780443074448

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2005

Synopsis

Evidence Based Medicine provides a clear explanation of the central questions of EBM - how to ask answerable clinical questions, how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences.

• New edition of fantastically successful book on EBM, written by the best-known authorities in the world.
Will focus on the major challenge of practicing EBM in real time, providing tips and tools to help achieve this
• Focuses on the major challenge of practicing EBM in real time, providing tips and tools to help achieve this.
• All clinical examples are new.
• Expanded section on limitations of EBM - discusses common criticisms and the real limitations and how they can be overcome.
• Highlights the problems with the CAT databases available on the web.
• Expanded section on clinical decision rules in diagnosis.
• Interactive and user-friendly CD.
• Downloadable EBM resources for handhelds.

About this title

Book Description:

Focuses on the major challenge of practicing EBM in real time

From the Publisher:

Easy to follow self-paced workbook Attractively presented and includes pictures Worked examples from real, relevant clinical scenarios Internationally respected authorship

About this edition

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0443074445
• ISBN 13: 9780443074448
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320