Users' guides to the medical literature: essentials of evidence-based clinical practice (Third edition.)

The streamlined companion to the classicUsers' Guides to the Medical Literature--fully updated and revised

This compact guide condenses the most clinicallyrelevant content of the landmarkUsers' Guides to the Medical Literatureto help you incorporate evidence-based medicine into your practice.

You will learn the principles of evidence-based medicine, how your practice can benefit from the constant stream of new medical literature, and how to differentiate good medical evidence from that which is inadequate or misleading.

This edition includes numerous updates, several newchapters, and a greater emphasis on the role of patientpreferences and preappraised resources.