Product Description

Evidence Based Practice in Primary Health Care is split into two sections. The frist discusses how the individual can apply evidence based medicine in the clinical setting, and the second covers the wider issue of changes in organisation and strategy to promote better and more effective delivery of care within a practice or primary care group. Chapters are writtten by leading specialists in evidence based primary care from Australlia, the UK,and mainland Europe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #410101 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Review
In the Royal Society of Medicine Journal review of the first edition of this book, David Seamark wrote: “Evidence–based medicine provokes reactions from enthusiasm to loathing. Silagy and Haines’ well laid out book seeks to reconcile the two extremes by explaining why evidence–based medicine is relevant to daily practice in primary care and by asking primary care professionals to regard themselves as learners and not just practitioners.”

From the Back Cover
Hence the text is split into two sections, the first dealing with the way primary care workers can begin to understand and practise in an evidence–based way, the second addressing the broader issue of engendering a more evidence–based culture in their practice. Contributions from leading practitioners around the world ensure that the discussions are relevant internationally.

In this second edition each chapter has been thoroughly revised in the light of changes both in attitudes to and practice of evidence–based medicine. Emphasis is given to the need for continuing medical education using effective searching and critical appraisal, and to integrating research findings into practice.

As with the first edition, this revised text will be an invaluable guide for anyone in primary health care, providing authoritative and thoughtful information on this important development in clinical practice.