Evidence-based Practice in Primary Care

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is now a familiar concept in health care, but to date most books on EBM have related to the hospital setting. The aim of this new text is to provide a manual or guide to applying the principles of EBM in general practice. It takes a practical, problem-based approach and showshow to convert common problems into questions that can be searchedhow to search for relevant papershow to appraise papers using research designs appropriate to primary carehow to decide if the results are useful in practicehow to teach the skills of evidence based practice.Drawing on a team of contributors, the editor, Dr Leone Ridsdale, has provided a book which covers a broad range of topics, including qualitative research, guidelines, audit, diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, and practice strategy.