Foundations of evidence-based medicine clinical epidemiology and beyond / Milos Jenicek.
| Author/creator | Jenicek, Milos, 1935- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020. |
| Description | xx, 399 pages ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | How do we see medicine, health and disease? A basic set of rules and fundamental paradigms (including evidence!) -- The work of physicians with individuals and communities. Epidemiology and other partners in evidence-based medicine -- The logic of modern medicine. Reasoning and underlying concepts -- Producing evidence. Classification, objectives and worthiness of medical research -- Assessing the health of individuals and communities. Health indicators, indexes, and scales -- Identifying cases of disease. Clinimetrics and diagnosis -- Describing what happens. Clinical case reports, case series, occurrence studies -- Search for causes of disease occurrence. Why does disease occur? -- The impact of treatment and other clinical and community health interventions. A 'does it work?' evaluation -- Prognosis. Studies of disease course and outcomes -- Analyzing sand integrating a body of knowledge. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis of evidence -- Using evidence and logic in everyday clinical reasoning, communication, and legal and scientific argumentation -- Decision analysis and decision-making in medicine. Beyond intuition, guts and flair -- Epilogue. Widening horizons, staying in touch. What next?. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019015644 |
| ISBN | 9780367187637 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |