PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practice - Brossura

McKibbon, K. Ann

 
9781550091182: PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practice

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Retrieving the right research and clinical studies is essential for patient diagnosis, treatment, and care. The text takes readers through the basic principles of what constitutes best evidence for health care practice and how it can be quickly found, using modern information facilities. Rich with current examples and illustrations of how evidence can be mated with clinical information needs, it provides a stellar resource for all who desire to improve the orderly transfer of knowledge into practice in the health sciences. This book helps the reader develop optimal, effective MEDLINE search strategies. It offers step-by-step suggestions for retrieving sound clinical studies on the etiology, prognosis, diagnosis, prevention, and management of disorders encountered in adult general medicine.

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Contenuti

1. Introduction
2. Therapy, Prevention and Control, and Quality Improvement
3. Diagnosis and Screening
4. Etiology, Causation, and Harm
5. Natural Hisotry and Prognosis
6. Secondary Publications: Systematic Review Articles
7. Secondary Publications: Clinical Practice Guidelines
8. Secondary Publications: Economic Analyses
9. Qualitative Studies
Appendix
Index

Product Description

Book by Ann McKibbon

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