Foundations of evidence-based medicine : clinical epidemiology and beyond / Milos Jenicek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenicek, Milos, 1935- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Milos Jenicek is Professor (PT) of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also Professor Emeritus at the Université de Montréal and former Adjunct Professor at McGill University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In 2009, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; A word from the author; Author; Part 1: How Do We See Things in Medicine: Our trains of thought; 1. How do we see medicine, health and disease? A basic set of rules and fundamental paradigms (including evidence!); Introductory comments; 1.1 The art, craft and science of medicine; 1.1.1 Craft of medicine; 1.1.2 Science of medicine; 1.1.3 Scientific method; 1.2 The goals of medicine and its ensuing strategies: Health protection, disease prevention and health promotion; 1.3 How do we define and understand health and disease?

1.3.1 Health1.3.2 Disease; 1.3.3 Syndrome; 1.3.4 Impairment, disability, handicap; 1.4 What is evidence-based medicine (EBM) and what is its place in medicine today?; 1.4.1 Evidence-based medicine defined and its steps; 1.4.2 Evidence-based clinical medicine (EBCM); 1.4.3 Evidence-based community medicine and public health (EBCMPH); 1.4.4 Evidence-based health care (EBHC); 1.4.5 Grading evidence and evaluating the entire EBM process; 1.4.6 Criticism of evidence-based medicine; 1.5 Other 'new' medicines: Contradictory or complementary to EBM?; 1.5.1 Patient-centered medicine

1.5.2 Personalized medicine1.5.3 Evidence-based practice; 1.5.4 Lathology; 1.5.5 Interpretive medicine; 1.5.6 Functional medicine; 1.5.7 Stratified medicine; 1.5.8 Precision medicine; 1.6 Conclusions: Understanding the remainder of this book; References; 2. The work of physicians with individuals and communities: Epidemiology and other partners in evidence-based medicine; 2.1 Common logic in dealing with individual patients and communities; 2.2 Patterns of reasoning in practice and research and key ways to decisions; 2.2.1 Key ways to make decisions

2.3 Related fields in research and practice2.3.1 Epidemiology; 2.3.2 Clinical epidemiology; 2.3.3 Biostatistics; 2.3.4 Values beyond healing and cure: Health economics; 2.3.5 Qualitative research; 2.3.5.1 Qualitative research in general; 2.3.5.2 Qualitative research in medicine, nursing and public health; 2.3.5.3 Conclusions about qualitative research; 2.3.6 Evidence-based medicine; 2.3.6.1 Historical context of evidence-based medicine; 2.3.6.2 What is 'evidence'?; 2.3.6.3 What is evidence-based medicine?; 2.3.6.4 Grading and evaluating evidence and its uses

2.3.6.5 What does the future hold for EBM?2.4 Conclusions: Fulfilling the Hippocratic Oath; References; 3. The logic in modern medicine: Reasoning and underlying concepts; Introductory comments; 3.1 Logic in medicine; 3.2 Logic around us; 3.2.1 Philosophy in medicine is more than ethics: Some definitions of common terms in philosophy; 3.2.2 Definitions of logic; 3.2.3 Some basic elements and principles of logic; 3.2.3.1 Arguments and syllogisms; 3.2.3.2 Deduction and induction in logic and medicine; 3.2.3.3 Abduction; 3.2.3.4 Implications of logic for medicine

Notes:

3.3 Uncertainty and probability in medicine

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2019).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Jenicek, Milos Foundations of Evidence-Based Medicine : Clinical Epidemiology and Beyond, Second Edition

ISBN:

9780429198137

0429198132

9780429582455

0429582455

9780429580239

0429580231

9780203484401

0203484401

9780429584350

0429584350

Publisher Number:

99982205725

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