循证实践
2005-11
Elsevier Science Health Science div
Hamer, Susan (EDT)/ Collinson, Gill (EDT)
221
"This is a welcome updated version of a key handbook... This book is easy to read and well structured. Each chapter starts with a 'key issues' box, and the text is interspersed with tabls, diagrams and illustrations...it is a useful book to ahve around." Nursing Standard Vol 20 No 33. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components. Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theoryVery readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issuesOpportunities for reflective learning Update on current policy and regulatory frameworks Role of clinical governance in evidence-based practice considered.
Contributors Foreword Preface SECTION 1 Looking for the evidence 1. Evidence-based practice Susan Homer Introduction Evidence-based healthcare Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based practice Economic evaluation Applying the evidence Evidence-based decision making Evidence-based management Conclusion 2. Types of evidence Debro Humphris Introduction Evidence, evidence everywhere What is evidence? It all takes time Levels of evidence Forms of evidence Randomised controlled trials Case-controlled studies Cohort studies Surveys Qualitative research Professional consensus Clinical guidelines A framework of questions to be asked of research evidence Online resources Evidence and decision making Generalisability Becoming a discerning consumer 3. Systematic reviews Rumona Dickson Introduction What are systematic reviews? How are systematic reviews conducted? Judging the quality of a systematic review Conclusion 4. Information sourcing Anne Brice, Judith Palmer and Nicola Bexon Introduction The information problem Information, problem solving and evidence-based practice Finding the evidence Structured approaches to searching for evidence Obtaining the evidence Storing the evidence The goal of evidence-based practice SECTION 2 Applying the evidence 5. Clinical effectiveness David Benton and Steve Page Introduction What are we talking about? Levers for change Pathways, guidelines and protocols Guidelines Care pathways Health gain through clinical effectiveness: the role of commissioning Future directions for clinical effectiveness Conclusion 6. Development of practice LesleyJoyce Introduction Developing a culture to support practice development The evidence-based approach to the development of practice ……SECTION 3 Reflecting upon the evidenceIndex
