Evidence-based medicine toolkit

This bestselling pocket guide to the skills of evidence-based medicine succeeds in demystifying the terminology and processes in a handy and easy-to-follow format, all within the space of 100 pages. With an improved layout, this second edition of Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit offers more up-to-dat...

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Main Authors: Heneghan, Carl
Group Author: Badenoch, Douglas
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470750605
Summary: This bestselling pocket guide to the skills of evidence-based medicine succeeds in demystifying the terminology and processes in a handy and easy-to-follow format, all within the space of 100 pages. With an improved layout, this second edition of Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit offers more up-to-date guidance as well as new sections on important areas of research. New features of this second edition include:A box for each major database showing how to search the evidence, and highlighting the differences between them Flow charts for different study types New critical appraisal sections on qu
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (v, 105 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781405172363
1405172363
9780470750605
047075060X
Index Number: R723
CLC: R318
Contents: Asking answerable questions -- Finding the evidence : how to get the most from your searching -- Critical appraisal guidelines -- Appraising systematic reviews -- Appraising diagnosis articles -- Appraising articles on harm/aetiology -- Appraising prognosis studies -- Appraising therapy articles -- Appraising qualitative studies -- Appraising economic evaluations -- Applying the evidence -- Evidence-based medicine : glossary of terms -- Selected evidence-based healthcare resources on the web -- Levels of evidence -- Study designs.