A third edition of the best known introduction to EBM. This is a pocket-sized introduction which tells the reader how to integrate the best available evidence with his or her own clinical expertise, written by world-renowned authorities.

Key Features

• New edition of fantastically successful book on EBM, written by the best-known authorities in the world.
• Pocket introduction to a subject about which no modern doctor or PAM can afford to be ignorant.
• Clear explanation of the central questions of EBM - how to ask answerable clinical questions, how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences.

New to this Edition

• Will focus on the major challenge of practicing EBM in real time, providing tips and tools to help achieve this.
• All clinical examples are new.
• Expanded section on limitations of EBM - discusses common criticisms and the real limitations and how they can be overcome.
• Highlights the problems with the CAT databases available on the web.
• Expanded section on clinical decision rules in diagnosis.
• Expanded sections on qualitative research and diagnosis.
• More interactive and user-friendly CD than last edition, containing supplementary material for specialties other than internal medicine, and especially for other health care professions.
• Downloadable EBM resources for handhelds.