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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819522903321

Autore

Gabbay J (John)

Titolo

Practice-based evidence for healthcare : clinical mindlines / / John Gabbay and Andree Le May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-88837-3

1-136-88838-1

1-283-04371-8

9786613043719

0-203-83997-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Le MayAndree

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Evidence-based medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : evidence in practice -- From formal knowledge to guided complexity -- Clinical thinking and knowledge in practice -- Growing mindlines : laying the foundations -- Growing mindlines : cultivating contextual adroitness -- The place of storytelling in knowledge sharing -- A community of clinical practice? -- Co-constructing collective mindlines -- Co-constructing clinical reality -- Conclusions and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions. Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical frameworks, it examines afresh how clinicians use knowledge. Evidence-based practice has recently become a key part of the training of all health professionals. Yet despite its 'gold-standard' status, it is faltering because too much effort has gone into insisting on an idealised model of how clinicians ought to use the best evidence, while not enough has been done to understand why they so often don't. <E