Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Preface Contributors Reviewers 1 Introduction to evidence-based practice Tammy Hoffmann, Sally Bennett and Chris Del Mar 2 Information needs, asking questions, and some basics of research studies Chris Del Mar, Tammy Hoffmann and Paul Glasziou 3 Finding the evidence Nancy Wilczynski and Ann McKibbon 4 Evidence about effects of interventions Sally Bennett and Tammy Hoffmann 5 Questions about the effects of interventions: examples of appraisals from different health professions Tammy Hoffmann, John W Bennett, Mal Boyle, Jeff Coombes, Mark R Elkins, Edzard Ernst, Angela Morgan, Lisa Nissen, Claire Rickard, Sharon Sanders, Alan Spencer and Caroline Wright 6 Evidence about diagnosis Jenny Doust 7 Questions about diagnosis: examples of appraisals from different health professions Chris Del Mar, Sally Bennett, Mal Boyle, Jeff Coombes, Mark R Elkins, Angela Morgan, Lisa Nissen, Claire Rickard, Sharon Sanders, Michal Schneider-Kolsky and Jemma Skeat 8 Evidence about prognosis Mark R Elkins 9 Questions about prognosis: examples of appraisals from different health professions Tammy Hoffmann, Marilyn Baird, John W Bennett, Mal Boyle, Jeff Coombes, Mark R Elkins, Lisa Nissen, Sheena Reilly, Claire Rickard and Sharon Sanders 10 Evidence about patients' experiences and concerns Alan Pearson and Karin Hannes 11 Questions about patients' experiences and concerns: examples of appraisals from different health professions Sally Bennett, John Bennett, Mal Boyle, Jeff Coombes, Craig Lockwood, Lisa Nissen, Marie Pirotta, Sharon Sanders and Jemma Skeat 12 Appraising and understanding systematic reviews of quantitative and qualitative evidence Sally Bennett, Denise O'Connor, Karin Hannes and Sue Leicht Doyle 13 Clinical practice guidelines Tammy Hoffmann and Heather Buchan 14 Talking with patients about evidence Tammy Hoffmann and Leigh Tooth 15 Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice Merrill Turpin and Joy Higgs 16 Implementing evidence into practice Annie McCluskey 17 Embedding evidence-based practice into routine clinical care Ian Scott, Chris Del Mar, Tammy Hoffmann and Sally Bennett Index