Evidence-Based Medicine In Its Place

Name: Evidence-Based Medicine In Its Place
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ISBN: 9780415283212

ISBN-10: 0415283213

ISBN-13: 9780415283212

Edition: 2004

Authors: Gavin Mooney, Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen

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While doctors through the ages have thought that they had based their practice on evidence, a new movement based on the ideas of the Scottish doctor Archie Cochrane has shown that this might not be the case. The core of evidence based medicine is the formulation of a question relevant to a clinical problem, then researching around the problem, selecting the best type evidence from explicit criteria, and finally the making of decisions on patients values. This controversial approach has received a mixed response n hte medical community and this book focuses on its limitations as well as its strengths. With contributions from recognized experts across many fields, this volume will prove…

Book details

List price: $205.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.53" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



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List of contributors


Preface



Evidence-based medicine: method, collaboration, movement or crusade?




Evidence, effectiveness and ethics: Cochrane's legacy




Evidence-based nursing: must or mantra?




Evidence-based health economics: answers in search of questions?




Evidence-based medicine: objectives and values




Randomised clinical trials in assessing inferences about causality and aetiology




Number needed to treat--number needed to cheat?




Decision analysis, evidence-based medicine and medical education: a case study in the diffusion of innovation within academic medicine




Randomised controlled trials in drug policies: can the best be the enemy of the good?




Evidence-based health care and international health: good, but not good enough




Evidence-based medicine and clinical practice: does it work?



Index