TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gabbay, Mark
TI  - The evidence-based primary care handbook
SN  - 1853154156
AV  - RA399 .G3 1999 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Royal Society of Medicine, 
KW  - Primary care (Medicine)
KW  - Evidence-based medicine.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of contributors 
Preface 
Acknowledgements 
SECTION 1: GENERAL ISSUES IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRIMARY CARE 
1. Why Evidence-Based Health 
2. A Guide to Reading 
3. A Guide to Literature Sources 
4. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Primary Care 
5. Dissemination and Implentation Strategies 
6. Using Evidence-Based Health in Learning and Development 
7. Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice: A World Away from Evidence-Based Health 
8. Evidence-Based Health, Patient Consent and Consumerism 
9. Patient Involvement in Evidence-Based Health in Relation to Clinical Guidelines 
SECTION 2: EVIDENCE-BASED PRIMARY CARE COMMISSIONING AND PRESCRIBING 
10. Fundamental Statistics for Evidence-Based Health in Primary Care 
11. Evidence-Based Commissioning in Primary Care 
12. Commissioning Stroke Services 
13. Economics-Based Medical Practice: Using Evidence to Capture and Release Resources 
14. Using Evidence from Economic Studies to Inform Service Development in General Medicine Practice 
15. Prescribing Dilemmas: A Barrier to Evidence-Based Health 16. Role of Pharmacist in Evidence-Based Prescribing in Primary Care 
17. Evidence in Practice: A Review of 18 Months of Evidence-Based General Practice 
SECTION 3: EVIDENCE-BASED PRIMARY CARE IN PRACTICE 
18. Sore Throat 
19. Sinusitis 
20. Depression 
21. Anxiety 
22. Headache Diagnosis: When is a Migraine not a Middle Class Tension Headache? 
23. Mastalgia 
24. Prostate Screening: A Decision Analysis 
25. Urinary Tract Infections: Test or Treat and How to Treat?
26. Helicobacter Pylori 
27. The Trouble with Head Lice 
28. Leg Ulcers and Fever in Children: Finding Evidence for Non-Medics 
29. Heart Failure Guidelines 
30. Low Back Pain 
31. Asthma 
32. Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease 
Epilogue 
Appendix: Useful sources of evidence for primary care
 Index
N2  - The Evidence-Based Primary Care Handbook is a realistic and practical guide that effectively demonstrates how evidence-based practice can be successfully applied in a primary care setting
ER  -