Hewitt-Taylor Clinical Guidelines and Care Protocols

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-03373-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, E-Book

The book begins by placing clinical guidelines within the contextof the broader movement towards evidence based practice; itexplores the concept of evidence, and defines clinical guidelinesand care protocols. These are then examined in the clinicalsituation. The book goes on to discuss the relationship betweenthem and the exercise of individual autonomy and expertise, andwith individualised care and patient involvement and choice.
The influence of cost on decision making is reviewed, and achapter discusses the political aspects of care guidelines andprotocols. Finally the book describes the implementation ofguidelines and protocols and the barriers to implementation, andmakes suggestions for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hewitt-Taylor, Jaqui

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations.
1. Evidence-based Practice, Clinical Guidelines and Careprotocols.
2. Evidence.
3. Clinical Guidelines.
4. Care Protocols.
5. Developing Clinical Guidelines and Care Protocols.
6. Using Clinical Guidelines and Care Protocols.
7. Implementing Guidance.
8. Expertise and Autonomy.
9. Patient Choice.
10. Finite Resources, Infinite Demand.
11. Politics, Power, Guidelines and Protocols.
12. Best Practice: Where Do We Go from Here?
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jacqui Hewitt-Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Bournemouth University, UK