Evidence-based Healthcare - Couverture souple

Gray, J. A. Muir

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0443057214 ISBN 13 : 9780443057212

Editeur : Churchill Livingstone, 1996

Synopsis

As the pressure on health services grows remorselessly, decisions about the use of scarce resources are becoming even more difficult to make. This book gives healthcare managers the facts, figures, skills and knowledge they need to make health care decisions based on research evidence. Features: * Explains how the evidence can be applied to health policy and management decisions for populations, rather than for individual patients * Places the emphasis on science rather than opinion or guesswork * Teaches the skills needed to make the correct decisions about resources * Is written specifically for healthcare managers

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the second volume in a clinical series designed to examine the myriad approaches used in spine surgery today. Each volume of Controversies in Spine Surgery concentrates on a new set of 8-10 clinical problems, ranging from the most common to the most complex, and offers treatment strategies of choice from the world's leading spine surgeons.

The editors do not actively advocate one approach over another, but rather strive to put spinal problems into perspective and present the full spectrum of treatment options available for all featured conditions. In nearly every instance, at least three different and often conflicting therapies are presented for each problem, allowing the reader to judge, on a case-by-case basis, which approaches are likely to yield high-quality outcomes for the patients under their care. Existing differences of opinion are candidly acknowledged, and contributions are sought from experts in both orthopedic and neurologic spine surgery. Tightly focused and clinically oriented, this affordably priced volume is appropriate for spine surgeons at all levels of expertise.

Features:

• Provides ongoing, broadly-based coverage of the entire field
• Enables clinicians to quickly and conveniently weigh the relative merits of competing therapies
• Free of bias - editorial board and contributors include orthopedic and neurosurgeons

See What's New in Volume:

• Presents controversial approaches to thoracic disc herniation, lumbar disc herniation, and L4-5 degenerative disc diseases
• Examines various minimally invasive approaches
• Covers cervical decompression and fusion, intraoperative monitoring, pain management, and more

Quatrième de couverture

Addressing a significant deficiency in prehospital educational materials for EMS providers, this unique text focuses solely on the prehospital care of the elder patient with illness or injury. Geriatric patients are one of the most rapidly growing segments serviced by Prehospital Providers, and this comprehensive resource is an ideal tool to aid in the training and education of how to best treat these patients. Based on real-world cases, it provides material relevant to the work of all EMS personnel, and contains special sections on elder abuse, medical ethics, and living wills.

FEATURES:

• Case-based learning allows for real-world situation application.
• Systems approach integrates the unique physiology and pathology of the elder population with traditional EMS Protocols.
• Thorough coverage of medical emergencies including cardiovascular, pulmonary, abdominal, and gastrointestinal emergencies and more.
• Complete coverage of traumatic emergencies as well as pharmacology.
• Special topics like psychiatric and behavioral emergencies, abuse and neglect, and advance directives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Churchill Livingstone
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0443057214
• ISBN 13: 9780443057212
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie