Clinical Inertia A Critique of Medical Reason /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Reach, Gérard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Public health.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Public Health.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Quality of Life Research.

Clinical practice guidelines were initially developed within the context of evidence-based medicine with the goal of putting medical research findings into practice. However, physicians do not always follow them, even when they seem to apply to the particular patient they have to treat. This phenome...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Definitions
• The Evidence: The Gap Between Clinical Guidelines and Reality
• Determinants and Explanatory Models of Clinical Inertia
• The Doctor and Evidence-Based Medicine
• To Do or Not to Do: A Critique of Medical Reason
• Fighting Against True Clinical Inertia
• Conclusion: Time for Medical Reason
• References.