PDQ Evidence-Based Principles & Practice provides a foundation to understanding health care research and how best to evaluate and apply new research findings in health. In addition, the book outlines how best to identify important studies in health care published in large bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE. The text helps the reader develop optimal, effective MEDLINE search strategies with step-by-step suggestions for retrieving sound clinical studies on the etiology, prognosis, diagnosis, prevention, and management of disorders encountered in adult general medicine.
