Evidence-Based Practice : A Primer for Health Care Professionals

by Dawes, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780443061264
• ISBN10: 0443061262
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

A comprehensive guide to all main strands of evidence-based health care, this book explains how to find, evaluate, and implement evidence for use in clinical practice. While it focuses on health professionals in the primary care field, it uses case examples from a variety of professional contexts.

Author Biography

Alastair M. Gray is Director, Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Evidence-based practice	1	(8)
Martin Dawes
Formulating a question	9	(6)
Martin Dawes
Finding the evidence: an information skills approach	15	(32)
Robin Snowball
Introduction to critical appraisal	47	(2)
Martin Dawes
Randomised controlled trials	49	(10)
Martin Dawes
Studies assessing diagnostic tests	59	(10)
Jonathan Mant
Case series and reports	69	(4)
Martin Dawes
Case control studies	73	(12)
Jonathan Mant
Systematic review	85	(16)
Kate Seers
Economic evaluation	101	(10)
Alastair Gray
Qualitative research	111	(16)
Kate Seers
Critical appraisal of clinical guidelines	127	(6)
Robin Snowball
Is this test effective?	133	(26)
Jonathan Mant
Is this therapy effective?	159	(22)
Martin Dawes
Is the intervention cost-effective?	181	(18)
Alastair Gray
Context specificity: how was the study performed?	199	(4)
Martin Dawes
Introducing change	203	(16)
Philip Davies
Evaluating change	219	(4)
Martin Dawes
Teaching evidence-based health care	223	(20)
Philip Davies
Defeating unknowingness	243	(4)
Martin Dawes
Index	247