Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Third Edition

Book info: Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Third Edition (Paperback, 544 pages) – McGraw Hill / Medical, 2014. Language: English.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The streamlined companion to the classic Users' Guides to the Medical Literature--fully updated and revised

This compact guide condenses the most clinicallyrelevant content of the landmark Users' Guides to the Medical Literature to help you incorporate evidence-based medicine into your practice.

You will learn the principles of evidence-based medicine, how your practice can benefit from the constant stream of new medical literature, and how to differentiate good medical evidence from that which is inadequate or misleading.

This edition includes numerous updates, several newchapters, and a greater emphasis on the role of patientpreferences and preappraised resources.

Editorial Reviews About the Author

Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine, Faculty of Health Services, McMaster University.
Drummond Rennie, MD (Chicago, IL) Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.
Maureen O. Meade, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine, Faculty of Health Services, McMaster University.
Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Department of Clinical Epidemology and Biostatistics and Medicine, Faculty of Health Services, McMaster University.