AUTOR/ES: Leone Ridsdale
ISBN: 9780443058899
AÑO: 1998
IDIOMA: Inglés
ENCUADERNACIÓN: Softcover, Reference
PÁGINAS: 176
DIMENSIONES: 159 X 235 mm
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DE INTERES PARA: Medicine
RELACIONADOS: Primary Care/General Practice
PUNTOS CLAVE: 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 searchedhow to search for relevant papershow to appraise papers using research designs appropriate to primary carehow to decide if the results are useful in practicehow 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.
INDICE: What Is Evidence-Based Medicine? How to Search for the Literature to Answer Questions. What Are Patients Worried When Their Child Has an Acute Illness? An Approach to Evidence from Qualitative Research. How Can W Improve Our Diagnosis of Back Pain? An Approach to Handling Diagnostic Uncertainty. What Is the Likely Outcome When Patients Present with Psychological Problems? An Approach to Evidence from Studies Prognosis. Can the Practice Introduce an Effective Strategy to Reduce Prescribing of Sleeping Pills? An Approach to Evidence from Trials. Can We Improve Our Management of Acute Asthma? An Approach to Using Clinical Guidelines. How Can We Checkthe Quality of Our Diabetic Care? An Approach to Clinical Audit. Do Antibodies Hemp Children with Otitis Media? How to Overview. Teaching and Learning Evidence-Based Practice. Glossary.
DATOS DEL AUTOR: Edited by Leone Ridsdale, MSc, PhD, FRCGP, FRCPC, Reader in General Practice, Department of General Practice, UMDS Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, London