Joy Higgs

Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. This third edition continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians to develop their reasoning expertise.

What constitutes practice knowledge? How is this knowledge created and developed? What roles do health professionals play in understanding and developing their practice knowledge? Readers are invited to consider the implications of these questions for their practice.