| Evidence-Based Medicine: In its Place Contributor(s): Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen (Editor), Mooney, Gavin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415394627 ISBN-13: 9780415394628 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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 this problem selecting the best type evidence from explicit criteria, and finally the making of decisions based on patients' values. This approach has received a mixed response in the medical community. This book focuses on its limitation as well as its strengths. With contributions from recognized experts across many disciplines, this volume will prove to be of great interest to medical professionals, health planners and health science students across the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Public Finance - Business & Economics | Economics - Comparative |
| Dewey: 616 |
| Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.24" W x 9.3" (0.64 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Evidence based medicine is defined as the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. This superb collection takes a critical view of this concept and examines the economic implications of its imposition. |
