Evidence-based Healthcare - Softcover

Gray, J. A. Muir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443057214 ISBN 13: 9780443057212

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 1996

Synopsis

As the pressure on health services grows remorselessly, decisions about the use of scarce resources are becoming even more difficult to make. This book gives healthcare managers the facts, figures, skills and knowledge they need to make health care decisions based on research evidence. Features: * Explains how the evidence can be applied to health policy and management decisions for populations, rather than for individual patients * Places the emphasis on science rather than opinion or guesswork * Teaches the skills needed to make the correct decisions about resources * Is written specifically for healthcare managers

About this title

Review

"This book is a description of state-of-the-art solutions to common controversies in contemporary spine surgery. The best feature is the arrangement of the sections within each chapter such that comparison can be made between the opinions presented on the various clinical problems. The chapters are well written, scientifically rigorous, and appropriately concise. There are contributions by a great number of experts in the field of spinal surgery. I highly recommend this book as a reference source for controversies in contemporary spine surgery."
―Doody’s Journal

"This is the first book that I have reviewed and read from cover to cover. I think that all surgeons with a major interest in the treatment of spinal disorders will enjoy reading the text and find many of the controversies which concern their day to day practice discussed ... In summary this is an extremely useful book that most spinal surgeons will wish to consult and many will buy their own copy. It has been a pleasure to review a spinal textbook in which there is no mention of degenerative spinal disease and in which all mention of instability is real and not imagined."
―British Journal of Neurosurgery

"In summary this is an excellent book that I recommend for neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons trating spinal disorders. I believe that it is a must have for any hospital library, and represents a nice addition to any personal library."
―World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

From the Back Cover

Addressing a significant deficiency in prehospital educational materials for EMS providers, this unique text focuses solely on the prehospital care of the elder patient with illness or injury. Geriatric patients are one of the most rapidly growing segments serviced by Prehospital Providers, and this comprehensive resource is an ideal tool to aid in the training and education of how to best treat these patients. Based on real-world cases, it provides material relevant to the work of all EMS personnel, and contains special sections on elder abuse, medical ethics, and living wills.

FEATURES:

• Case-based learning allows for real-world situation application.
• Systems approach integrates the unique physiology and pathology of the elder population with traditional EMS Protocols.
• Thorough coverage of medical emergencies including cardiovascular, pulmonary, abdominal, and gastrointestinal emergencies and more.
• Complete coverage of traumatic emergencies as well as pharmacology.
• Special topics like psychiatric and behavioral emergencies, abuse and neglect, and advance directives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443057214
• ISBN 13: 9780443057212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270