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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823779203321

Autore

Nordenstrom Jorgen

Titolo

Evidence-based medicine in Sherlock Holmes' footsteps / / Jorgen Nordenstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

9786611322106

9781281322104

1281322105

9780470765104

0470765100

9780470750957

0470750952

9780470750315

0470750316

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Evidence-based medicine

Medical logic

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 (p. [78]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evidence-Based Medicine in Sherlock Holmes' Footsteps; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; STEP 1 Formulate an Answerable Question; STEP 2 Information Search; STEP 3 Review of Information and Critical Appraisal; STEP 4 Employ the Results in Your Daily Practice; Deduction, Analysis and Medicine; References; Summary of Information Sources and Search Engines; Internet-Based Spreadsheets; Sherlock Holmes References; List of Illustrations; Recommended EBM Literature; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This lively handbook on the fundamentals of Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) leads the reader, step by step, through a process that proceeds from a patient's medical history, via information searches and critical appraisal of the literature, to recommendations for treatment.  Using a simple four-step approach, the author illustrates how to develop better



questions and more effective searches, resulting in objective and clinically relevant information that can be evaluated and implemented in day-to-day practice. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, the famous fictional detectives, assist throughou