Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice

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Specifically written for rehabilitation practitioners, this introductory text focuses on the skills needed for understanding and using evidence. Bringing a holistic approach to the subject, the book encourages readers to become critical consumers of research so that rehabilitation practice may be based on the best evidence available. Critical review forms are included to help structure appraisals of the literature. Contributors are researchers and therapists from the United States and Canada.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice is designed as an entry-level book on evidence-based practice in rehabilitation. Specifically written for rehabilitation practitioners, this exceptional text is not designed to teach students how to do research, but rather how to become critical consumers of research, therefore developing skills to ensure that their rehabilitation practice is based on the best evidence that is available. Much of the text focuses on how knowledge is developed, making it an essential tool for both students and practitioners. While providing the most up-to-date information about evidence-based practice, this comprehensive and well-organized text focuses on building skills for understanding and using evidence, rather than simply doing research. By viewing evidence-based practice from a holistic perspective, this text also recognizes the need to include client preferences and therapists clinical reasoning in the process. Evidence- Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of anyone desiring to incorporate the most current and complete evidence-based research into his or her rehabilitation practice.

Book Info
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Canada. Entry-level text on evidence-based practice in rehabilitation. Not designed to teach students how to do research, rather how to become critical consumers of research and develop skills to ensure their rehabilitation practice is based on the best evidence. Includes critical review forms and 'take-home' messages. Softcover.

About the Author
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


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Specifically written for rehabilitation practitioners, this introductory text focuses on the skills needed for understanding and using evidence. Bringing a holistic approach to the subject, the book encourages readers to become critical consumers of research so that rehabilitation practice may be based on the best evidence available. Critical review forms are included to help structure appraisals of the literature. Contributors are researchers and therapists from the United States and Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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