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The handbook for evidence-based practice in communication disorders

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  • Author: Dollaghan, Christine A.
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    2011
    Summary:

    Written for speech-language pathologists, this book demonstrates how to apply current best evidence in making critical decisions about the care of individual patients, be it screening, diagnosis or treatment of communication disorders.

    Contents:
    • Introduction to evidence-based practice
    • Asking questions about evidence
    • Finding external evidence
    • Validity of evidence: an overview
    • Importance of evidence: an overview
    • Appraising treatment evidence
    • Appraising diagnostic evidence
    • Appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    • Appraising patient/practice evidence
    • Appraising evidence on patient preferences
    • A prognosis for E3BP in communication disorders.
    Subject(s): Communication Disorders | Communicative disorders | Evidence-based medicine | Treatment
    Original Publisher: Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub., c2007
    Language(s): English