Evidence-Based Medicine and the Search for a Science of Clinical Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 12)

Patient management is the central clinical task of medical care. Until the 1970s, there was no generally accepted method of ensuring a scientific, critical approach to clinical decision making. And while traditional clinical authority was under attack, there was increasing concern about the way in which doctors made decisions about patient care. In this book, Jeanne Daly traces the origins, essential features, and achievements of evidence-based medicine and clinical epidemiology over the past few decades. Drawing largely on interviews with key players, she offers unique insights into the ways that practitioners of evidence-based medicine set out to generate scientific knowledge about patient care and how, in the process, they reshaped the way medicine is practiced and administered.Written by authorities in Health Policy, Evidence-Based Medicine and the Search for a Science of Clinical Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 12) by Jeanne Daly provides an excellent foundation for Health Policy studies. Jeanne Daly's style is excellently suited towards Health Policy studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What's more, the text is available in the Hardcover format shown above (ISBN 9780520243163), as well as a number of other formats. As of May 2005, this revision raises the bar for Evidence-Based Medicine and the Search for a Science of Clinical Care (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public, 12)'s high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Health Policy studies textbooks