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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841390003321

Autore

Del Mar Chris

Titolo

Clinical thinking [[electronic resource] ] : evidence, communication and decision-making / / Chris Del Mar, Jenny Doust & Paul Glasziou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : BMJ, 2006

ISBN

1-280-74300-X

9786610743001

0-470-79087-3

0-470-75056-1

1-4051-7187-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DoustJenny

GlasziouPaul <1954->

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Clinical medicine - Decision making

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.

Nota di contenuto

Clinical Thinking: Evidence, Communication and Decision-Making; Contents; Foreword; Preface: what this book is about; Chapter 1 Principles of clinical problem solving; Chapter 2 Communication in clinical care; Chapter 3 Models of disease; Chapter 4 Diagnosis; Chapter 5 Fine art of prognostication; Chapter 6 Making clinical management decisions; Chapter 7 Monitoring in chronic disease; Chapter 8 Screening for disease, health promotion and disease prevention; Chapter 9 Endpiece; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Clinicians are taught masses of facts, but not how to use them in the messy reality of patient care. This book provides a missing link between evidence and the clinical coalface. Though there are plenty of guides to evidence-based medicine, few explain how to build the information into patient oriented decision-making. Clinical Thinking allows you to think both logically and laterally about daily clinical issues and look at problems from different angles.Uses realistic scenarios, frameworks and models Takes you through the whole decision-making process, from obse