Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3E - Softcover

Guyatt, Gordon

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9780071790710: Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3E
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0071790713 ISBN 13: 9780071790710
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2014

Synopsis

The leading guide to the principles and clinical applications of evidence-based medicine―updated with new examples and new chapters

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  • Revised and updated to reflect the latest in medical research and evidence-based resources
  • Practical focus and organization to guide clinicians through the fundamentals of using the medical literature to the more advanced strategies and skills for use in patient care, using the key questions to assess any new research:
    • What are the results?
    • How serious is the risk of bias?
    • How do I apply the results to patient care?
  • Updated real-world examples drawn from the medical literature
  • New chapters that reflect the changing complexity of medical research and literature, including genetic association studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, network meta-analysis, noninferiority trials, quality improvement, and evidence-based medicine and the theory of knowledge
  • New emphasis on understanding the role of patient preferences and preappraised resources that provide updated evidence and evidence-based recommendations for practice

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About the Author

Gordon Guyatt MD, MSc, Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine,Faculty of Health Services at McMaster University.
Drummond Rennie, MD, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco.

Maureen O. Meade, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine, Faculty of Health Services at McMaster University.

Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc, Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine, Faculty of Health Services at McMaster University.




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Publisher
McGraw Hill / Medical
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0071790713
ISBN 13 
9780071790710
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
736
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