Practice-based Evidence for Healthcare by John Gabbay, Andre... - 9780415486699

Practice-based Evidence for HealthcareClinical Mindlines\nAuthor(s): John Gabbay, Andre le May\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415486699, 978-0415486699\nSynopsis\nThis book challenges the evidence-based practice movement to re-think its assumptions. Firmly rooted in real practice while drawing lucidly on a great breadth of theoretical frameworks, it examines afresh how clinicians use knowledge. \n\nEvidence-based practice has recently become a key part of the training of all health professionals. Yet despite its gold-standard status, it is faltering because too much effort has gone into insisting on an idealised model of how clinicians ought to use the best evidence, while not enough has been done to understand why they so often dont. \n\nPractice-based Evidence for Healthcare is a groundbreaking attempt to redress that imbalance. Examining how clinicians actually develop and use clinical knowledge day-to-day,.