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PublisherHachette Learning

ISBN-10185315394X

ISBN-139781853153945

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038631025

Product Key Features

Number of Pages136 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEffectiveness and Efficiency : Random Reflections on Health Services

SubjectGeneral

Publication Year1999

TypeTextbook

AuthorA. L. Cochrane

Subject AreaMedical

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition18

ReviewsMy life and thinking have been transformed in many ways as a result of this influential book. Chris Silagy, Chair of the Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group, 1999 This book, based on A. L. Cochrane's lectures of 1972, is surely one of the most celebrated books published in modern medicine, and remains vitally interesting more than 30 years after it was first published. Professor Richard Ashcroft, Biosocieties, 2007, "This book, based on A. L. Cochrane's lectures of 1972, is surely one of the most celebrated books published in modern medicine, and remains vitally interesting more than 30 years after it was first published." --Biosocieties, 2007, Professor Richard Ashcroft

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.1/0942

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Foreword to the new edition by Iain Chalmers, UK Cochrane Centre Foreword by Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust Introduction to the new edition 1. Introduction 2. Historical sketch 3. The National Health Service 4. Evaluation of evidence 5. Effectiveness and efficiency: Preventive medicine, Treatment, Diagnosis 6. Illustrative examples: Pulmonary tuberculosis, Arterial blood pressure, Ischaemic heart disease, Mature diabetes, Psychiatry, Two aspects of the ENT world, Midwifery 7. A preliminary evaluation 8. Equality in the health services 9. Conclusions Summary Postscript References Some reflections Obituary

SynopsisOriginally published in 1972, Archie Cochrane's classic text has had a profound influence on the practice of medicine and on the evaluation of medical interventions. He was the first to set out clearly the vital importance of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in assessing the effectiveness of treatments, and his work led directly to the setting-up of the Cochrane Collaboration, now a world-wide endeavour dedicated to tracking down, evaluating and synthesising RCTs in all areas of medicine. The message contained in this book is as relevant to clinicians, healthcare managers and policy-makers now as it was in the 1970s., Here is the original textbook on 'evidence-based medicine', a term with which few doctors and other healthcare professionals can fail to be familiar. Originally published in 1972, Archie Cochrane's classic text has had a profound influence on the practice of medicine and on the evaluation of medical interventions. He was the first to set out clearly the vital importance of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in assessing the effectiveness of treatments, and his work led to the setting-up of the Cochrane Collaboration, now a world-wide endeavour dedicated to tracking down, evaluating and synthesising RCTs in all areas of medicine. The message contained in this book is as relevant to clinicians, healthcare managers and policy-makers now as it was in the 1970s. In addition, this new paperback edition of Cochrane's work contains a brand new Introduction by Professor Chris Silagy, who was the first elected Chair of the international Cochrane Collaboration, and a Foreword by Dr Iain Chalmers, Director of the UK Cochrane Centre, the first such centre to be established. Professor Silagy looks at the post-Cochrane agenda, in particular the growth and empowerment of consumers taking more responsibility for their own healthcare decisions, and the influence of consumers on the development of an evidence-based approach to their healthcare.