Evidence-based Practice in Primary Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 044305889X ISBN 13: 9780443058899

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 1998

Synopsis

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is now a familiar concept in health care, but to date most books on EBM have related to the hospital setting. The aim of this new text is to provide a manual or guide to applying the principles of EBM in general practice. It takes a practical, problem-based approach and shows how to convert common problems into questions that can be searched how to search for relevant papers how to appraise papers using research designs appropriate to primary care how to decide if the results are useful in practice how to teach the skills of evidence based practice. Drawing on a team of contributors, the editor, Dr Leone Ridsdale, has provided a book which covers a broad range of topics, including qualitative research, guidelines, audit, diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, and practice strategy.

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A practical guide to EBM for those in family practice
A problem-based approach, with practical guidance on: * how to pose an answerable question; * how to search for relevant literature; * how to appraise papers, which use different research designs; * how to decide when such evidence can be usefully applied; * how to learn and teach these EBM skills to others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 044305889X
• ISBN 13: 9780443058899
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 199
• Editor: Ridsdale Leone