Sharon E. Straus

Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences, assess the practice of EBM. Additional materials, including resources for practicing EBM can be downloaded to PDAs, contain clinical examples, critical appraisals...

This manual on practising and teaching evidence-based medicine shifts the focus from theory and explanation to tactics and clinical applications. The accompanying CD-ROM contains clinical examples, critical appraisals and background papers.