Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach it / Sharon E. Straus, Paul Glasziou, W. Scott Richardson and R. Brian Haynes.
Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,
[2011]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition / |
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| Summary: | Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences, assess the practice of EBM. Additional materials, including resources for practicing EBM can be downloaded to PDAs, contain clinical examples, critical appraisals and background papers from other healthcare disciplines such as nursing and occupational therapy with links to various evidence resources. A supporting website for this book also provides updates and new materials. |
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| Item Description: | Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2005. CD-ROM and cards in pockets attached to inside front and back covers. Accompanied by: 1 computer disc (CD-ROM) ; 7 cards (cards) |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm + 1 computer disc (82 mm) + 7 cards (10 x 17 cm) |
| Format: | Accompanying disc system requirements: IBM compatible PC; 1.6 GHz or faster CPU; 1 GB RAM ; Windows XP or later. Accompanying disc system requirements: Macintosh; Apple G4 1.25 GHz or faster CPU; 1 GB RAM; OS 10.1 or later. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0702031275 9780702031274 |