Making decisions informed by evidence means that healthcare can be provided responsibly, collaboratively, effectively, and sustainably. Evidence-Based Practice Across the Health Professions is designed to guide and support students and clinicians to learn how to make evidence-informed decisions.
This book will help you learn how to decide what clinical questions to ask, search for research evidence to answer them, and analyse the evidence to decide if the results are believable, important, and applicable. You will learn how to talk with patients about evidence and make collaborative decisions and how to approach evidence implementation at an individual and organisational level.
Written by international and discipline leaders in evidence-based practice across a range of health professions, the fourth edition has been fully updated in line with the latest developments in this field from around the world.
This book will help you learn how to decide what clinical questions to ask, search for research evidence to answer them, and analyse the evidence to decide if the results are believable, important, and applicable. You will learn how to talk with patients about evidence and make collaborative decisions and how to approach evidence implementation at an individual and organisational level.
Written by international and discipline leaders in evidence-based practice across a range of health professions, the fourth edition has been fully updated in line with the latest developments in this field from around the world.
- Updated clinical scenarios woven through the chapters to bring theory to life
- Suitable for evidence-based practice teaching in a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate professional courses, including: nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, exercise science, nutrition and dietetics, paramedicine, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, medical imaging and radiation therapy, psychology, podiatry, and complementary and alternative medicine
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (p.1)2. Information Needs, Asking Questions, and Some
Basics of Research Studies (p.14)
3. Finding the Evidence (p.34)
4. Evidence About Effects of Interventions (p.49)
5. Questions About the Effects of Interventions (p.77)
6. Evidence About Diagnosis (p.109)
7. Questions About Diagnosis (p.129)
8. Evidence About Prognosis (p.154)
9. Questions About Prognosis (p.166)
10. Understanding Evidence From Qualitative
Research (p.187)
11. Understanding Evidence From Qualitative
Research (p.206)
12. Appraising and Interpreting Systematic
Reviews (p.253)
13. Clinical Practice Guidelines (p.281)
14. Shared Decision Making (p.293)
15. Clinical Reasoning and Evidence-Based
Practice (p.317)
16. Implementing Evidence and Closing
Research-Practice Gaps (p.328)
17. Embedding Evidence-Based Practice into Routine
Clinical Care (p.343)
