01801    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001300151072002100164072002100185072001900206100001600225245004100241250000600282260002400288300001000312520121200322999001301534185315415620250317100359.0250312041999xx                   eng    a9781853154157  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 37.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aMBN2thema7 aMBN2bic7 aMED0000002bisac7 aMED0290002bisac7 a616.0752bisac1 aMark Gabbay10aEvidence-Based Primary Care Handbook  a1  bCRC Pressc19990701  a328 p  bHere at last is a realistic and practical book that shows how evidence-based practice can be successfully applied in a primary care setting. The first section provides an introduction to the principles of evidence-based health care as they apply to primary care, and many other books on this subject stop right there. However, Section 3 practises what this first section preaches, by applying these tools to 15 common clinical problems in primary care, such as sore throat, asthma, urinary tract infections, low back pain and heart failure. In between, Section 2 focuses on topics of particular relevance to planners and to Primary Care Groups (PCGs), and includes chapters on commissioning, prescribing issues and health economics. The authors are all familiar with primary care as clinicians and/or researchers, and understand the reality of practising evidence-based medicine in primary care - for example, how to cope in the absence of 'best evidence', or how to search for evidence when time is very limited. GPs, primary care nurses, PCG managers, practice managers, community pharmacists and all other members of the primary health care team will find this book challenging, informative and relevant.  c988d988