Knowledge for Health Care Practice : A Guide to Using Research Evidence

Brown, Sarah Jo

ISBN 10: 0721678033 / ISBN 13: 9780721678030

Editore: Saunders Company, W. B., 1999

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo GRP11915226

Riassunto:

This new handbook guides readers, step by step, through the process of applying research evidence to clinical decision-making and patient care. It explores how to locate, understand, and critically appraise research evidence and evaluate its clinical significance, applicability, and scientific credibility.Useful to all health care practitioners, this new resource demonstrates when and how to integrate research evidence into daily practice and how to evaluate the effect of research-based practice in patient outcomes. Pathway maps, algorithms, and flow charts facilitate decision-making.

Contenuti: Clinical Knowledge · Science: A Dependable Knowledge Source · Getting Started · Shaping the Clinical Question · Searching for Studies · Reading Research Reports · Broad Issues in the Appraisal of Findings · Appraising Findings from Single Original Studies · Appraising Collective Evidence · Appraising the Evidence for State-of-the-Science Summaries · Making a Change and Evaluatiing Its Impact · Committing to Research-Based Practice

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Titolo: Knowledge for Health Care Practice : A Guide...
Casa editrice: Saunders Company, W. B.
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good
Edizione: 1st.