| Description |
1 online resource (559 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Word From the Author; 1 How do we see medicine, health and disease? A basic set of rules and fundamental paradigms; 2 The work of physicians with individuals and communities. Epidemiology and other partners in evidence-based medicine; 3 The logic of modern medicine. Reasoning and underlying concepts; 4 Producing evidence. Classification, objectives and worthiness of medical research; 5 Assessing the health of individuals and communities. Health indicators, indexes, and scales |
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6 Identifying cases of disease. Clinimetrics and diagnosis7 Describing what happens. Clinical case reports, case series, occurrence studies; 8 Search for causes of disease occurrence. Why does disease occur?; 9 The impact of treatment and other clinical and community health interventions. A'does it work?' evaluation; 10 Prognosis. Studies of disease course and outcomes; 11 Analyzing and integrating a body of knowledge. Systematic reviews and meta-analy |
| Summary |
Presenting a cornucopia of topics seldom seen in a single resource, Foundations of Evidence-Based Medicine explores the principles of formal logic as applied to clinical problems and the uses of evidence in logical reasoning. Filled with definitions, formulae, outlines, flow charts, and checklists, the book contains accounts and references for almost anything you might want to know about the constantly growing roles of public health and clinical epidemiology in modern medicine. It describes the reasoning behind diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in practical clinical medicine and discusses me |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Internal medicine.
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Internal Medicine
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Evidence-based medicine
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Internal medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203484401 |
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0203484401 |
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