Evidence-Based Medicine
How to Practice and Teach It
- 4th Edition - October 17, 2013
- Authors: Sharon E. Straus, Paul Glasziou, W. Scott Richardson, R. Brian Haynes
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 6 2 6 - 0
Evidence Based Medicine provides a clear explanation of the central questions: how to ask answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective searches for the be… Read more
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Evidence Based Medicine provides a clear explanation of the central questions: how to ask answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence; how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance; and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences.
- New edition of fantastically successful book on evidence-based medicine written by the best-known authorities in the world.
- Focuses on the major challenge of practicing evidence medicine in real clinical settings, providing tips and tools to help achieve this.
- Book comes complete with access to both CD-ROM and web site providing appropriate tools to download plus additional content.
- Set of ready reference cards included in book.
Hospital-based doctors, general practitioners/primary care physicians/family doctors
Students of epidemiology, medical statistics and public health
Students of epidemiology, medical statistics and public health
Asking answerable clinical questions
Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us
Appraising the evidence
Therapy
Diagnosis and screening
Prognosis
Harm
Evaluation
Teaching EBM
Appendix: Glossary
Index
Ready reference cards
- Edition: 4
- Published: October 17, 2013
- Language: English
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Sharon E. Straus
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, CanadaPG
Paul Glasziou
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, AustraliaWR
W. Scott Richardson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Georgia/Augusta University, USARH
R. Brian Haynes
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada