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Achieving Evidence-Based Practice

A Handbook for Practitioners

  • 2nd Edition - November 17, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Susan Hamer, Gill Collinson
  • Language: English

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… Read more

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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.

Key features

  • Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theory
  • Very readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issues
  • Opportunities for reflective learning

Readership

All undergraduate diploma and degree level students in the healthcare professions and qualified practitioners taking postgraduate courses which include a research component

Table of contents

Section 1. Looking for the evidence. Evidence-based practice. Types of evidence. Systematic reviews. Information sourcing.Section 2. Applying the evidence. Clinical effectiveness. Development of practice. Audit. Section 3 Reflecting upon the evidence. Personal change. Organisational change. Ethical change.

Review quotes

"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.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 10, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

SH

Susan Hamer

Affiliations and expertise
Programme Director and Coordinator, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds, UK

GC

Gill Collinson

Affiliations and expertise
Programme Director, Centre for the Development of Health Care Policy and Practice, University of Leeds; Development Consultant, GC Consulting, Leeds, UK