Evidence-Based Medicine

Table of Contents:

Introduction

1 Asking answerable clinical questions

2 Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us

3 Appraising the evidence

4 Therapy

5 Diagnosis and screening

6 Prognosis

7 Harm

8 Teaching methods

9 Evaluation

Appendix 1: Glossary

Index

Sharon E. Straus, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada; Paul Glasziou, MB BS, PhD, FRACGP , Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Australia; W. Scott Richardson, MD, Professor of Medicine and Campus Associate Dean for Medical Education, AU/UGA Medical Partnership Campus, Athens, Georgia, USA and R. Brian Haynes, MD, Professor Emeritus of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada