Evidence Based Practice: Logic And Critical Thinking In Medicine - Softcover

Jenicek, Milos; Hitchcock, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579476260 ISBN 13: 9781579476267

Publisher: Amer Medical Assn, 2004

Synopsis

Evidence-Based Practice: Logic and Critical Thinking in Medicine provides easy access to fundamental principles, quickly assimilated techniques, and proven, rigorous application that demonstrates how logic and critical thinking are applied to the medical thinking process. This marriage allows health professionals to understand the critical use of evidence logically and in a structured, methodological way to make medical decisions. Such uses of evidence are the essence of Evidence-Based Practice as reflected in the spirit of this book.

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From the Back Cover

Complete and flawless evidence is not enough to make valid and valuable treatment choices. if the interpretation of the evidence is not logically sound or is used uncritically, a patient could be harmed. Evidence-Based Practice: Logic and Critical thinking in Medicine provides easy access to fundamental principles, basic techniques, and proved, rigorous application that enhance your clinical encounters and improve patient care.

Logic and Critical Thinking in Medicine is filled with tools for problem solving in clinical practice, medical research, and public health. To ensure better patient outcomes, physicians must learn how rational, practical uses of evidence allow organized decision-making in practice and research. Logic and Critical Thinking in Medicine leads the way.

About the Author

Milos Jenicek, MD, PhD, FRCPC is a professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostastics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

David L. Hitchock, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Medical Assn
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1579476260
• ISBN 13: 9781579476267
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302