Critical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice (Paperback)

Paperback. In Critical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice, Eileen Gambrill provides a detailed description of the process of evidence-based practice (EBP), designed to help individual practitioners and their clients make informed decisions. This book clearly distinguishes EBP from the promotion of EBPs, and discusses the origins of the process as well as related controversies and implementation obstacles. Ethical obligations to involve clients asinformed participants are emphasized including attention to the close connection between evidentiary and ethical issues. The text features chapters covering clinical expertise, argumentation, avoidance of biasesand fallacies, and common organizational and personal obstacles in optimizing quality of services. It serves as a valuable resource to professionals and students in the helping professions. In Critical Thinking and the Process of Evidence-Based Practice, Eileen Gambrill provides a focused overview of the implementation of evidence-based practices necessary for competent and ethical practice. Providing readers with a description of how to effectively carry out the process of evidence-based practice, this book is designed to help practitioners and clients make informed decisions by drawing on research and theory concerning decision making andproblem solving. Chapters are included on: argumentation; expertise; and fallacies and biases that hinder informed decisions, in addition to organizational and personal obstacles to enhancing the quality of services. The importance of attending to ignorance as well as knowledge is also emphasized. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…