Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence
Author: Kunal Kulkarni
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 993
Release: 2016-10-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0198729421

This handbook digests and presents the key trials influencing current clinical practice, selected and summarised by figureheads in the medical and surgical specialties. The handbook format allows readers to quickly access and assimilate the evidence behind the practices and interventions experienced every day.

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence
Author: Kunal Kulkarni
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 890
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191059293

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence provides an alternative to the growing volumes of trial data for students, trainees and researchers looking for the key evidence affecting medical practice. Written by a team of leading figures across the major specialities, the Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence carefully selects and brings together key information on some of the most important trials currently impacting clinical practice. With introductory chapters on the history and importance of evidence based medicine complemented by in-depth analysis of the impact of each trial and its practical implications, this text is a definitive quick-reference guide in this increasingly important field. Highlighted boxes identify the study type and evidence-level attained, while analysis of the key message and impacts of the trial firmly place the evidence into a practical setting for the reader. This extensively revised Handbook presents the key data, facts, and evidence informing both medical and surgical specialties. This second edition includes a brand new chapter on paediatrics. It incorporates new landmark trials which are changing clinical practice, and re-reviews previously included trials to ensure consistency with current practice. It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in getting to grasps with the fundamental evidence underpinning modern practice.

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence
Author: Kunal Kulkarni
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 993
Release: 2016-07-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191045667

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence provides an alternative to the growing volumes of trial data for students, trainees and researchers looking for the key evidence affecting medical practice. Written by a team of leading figures across the major specialities, the Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence carefully selects and brings together key information on some of the most important trials currently impacting clinical practice. With introductory chapters on the history and importance of evidence based medicine complemented by in-depth analysis of the impact of each trial and its practical implications, this text is a definitive quick-reference guide in this increasingly important field. Highlighted boxes identify the study type and evidence-level attained, while analysis of the key message and impacts of the trial firmly place the evidence into a practical setting for the reader. This extensively revised Handbook presents the key data, facts, and evidence informing both medical and surgical specialties. This second edition includes a brand new chapter on paediatrics. It incorporates new landmark trials which are changing clinical practice, and re-reviews previously included trials to ensure consistency with current practice. It is essential reading for everyone with an interest in getting to grasps with the fundamental evidence underpinning modern practice.

The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-based Management

The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-based Management
Author: Denise M. Rousseau
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2012-06-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199763984

The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-based Management shows how leaders and managers can make effective use of best available evidence in the decisions they make — and what educators and researchers need to do to help them come to the right solution.

Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties

Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties
Author: Katharine Boursicot
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-01-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199657580

With over 350 Single Best Answer questions and many Extended Matching Questions, Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Specialties provides top-quality revision material on the core specialties for readers looking for exam success.

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology
Author: David H. Barlow
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 977
Release: 2014
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0199328714

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology synthesizes a half-century of clinical psychology literature in one extraordinary volume. Comprising chapters from the foremost scholars in the field, this handbook provides even and authoritative coverage of the research, practice, and policy factors that combine to form today's clinical psychology landscape. It is a landmark publication that is sure to serve as the field's benchmark reference publication for years to come.

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery
Author: Greg McLatchie
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 837
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191503045

This bestselling Oxford Handbook has been thoroughly revised for the new edition to include brand new chapters on Paediatric Orthopaedics and Common Surgical Procedures, as well as new presentations, illustrations, and new anatomy and emergency indexes to aid quick reference. It is an invaluable tool for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nursing, paramedical, and rehabilitation staff. The handbook covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice, as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric, and orthopaedic surgery. There are step-by-step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy-to-follow way. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology has been expanded for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is guided to key facts, and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice with key references throughout. A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities.

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation
Author: Anthony Ward
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2009-04-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191071889

Rehabilitation medicine is a new and growing specialty. Rehabilitation services are now available in most UK hospitals and rehabilitation has an increasing presence in the community. There is a strong evidence base for the efficacy of rehabilitation and there is no doubt that an active interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme produces real functional benefits for the person with disabilities and their family. The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation second edition, outlines the basic principles of rehabilitation and the key factors that are required for a high quality rehabilitation service. The increasingly important area of technical aids and assistive technology is covered, as well as physical problems. The book outlines the management of cognitive, behavioural and emotional problems and the rehabilitation needs of people with specific disorders. A new chapter on musculoskeletal pain in common rheumatological conditions has also been included. The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation second edition is a comprehensive text that not only summarises the management of common symptoms and disorders but also outlines the increasing evidence base for the efficacy of these techniques. This new edition has been fully revised to appeal to the whole rehabilitation team, including junior doctors training in rehabilitation and associated specialties, senior therapists, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, GPs, primary care teams, and intermediate care teams.

Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics

Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics
Author: Janet Peacock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199551286

The majority of medical research involves quantitative methods and so it is essential to be able to understand and interpret statistics. This book shows readers how to develop the skills required to critically appraise research evidence effectively, and how to conduct research and communicate their findings.