Evidence-Based Healthcare(2nd Edition) How to Make Health Policy and Management Decisions, 2e by MuirGray Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2001 by Churchill Livingstone ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06288-9, ISBN: 0-443-06288-9
"The evidence-based medicine movement has been one of the most important influences on medicine in the latter half of the 1990s. This textbook on evidence-based decision-making--basing clinical decisions on the best available evidence from systematic research--is ideal for healthcare, medical, and nurse managers. It explains how evidence-based decision making can be applied to health policy and management decisions about groups of patien ..."
Midlife Look Younger, Live Longer, Feel Better by Sir MuirGray Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2016 by Random House Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-78089-662-5, ISBN: 1-78089-662-X
"Based on research from the Optimal Ageing Programme and full of practical, evidence-based advice on managing the major risk factors underpinning dementia, this book will inspire readers to adopt simple but effective lifestyle changes that ..."
Resourceful Patient, The by MuirGray Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2001 by Erosetta Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904202-00-4, ISBN: 1-904202-00-4
Caring for Older People(1st Edition) (Penguin Health Care & Fitness) by Heather Mckenzie, MuirGray Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1986 by Penguin Books Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-14-007264-8, ISBN: 0-14-007264-0
"How To Get Better Value Healthcare provides an understanding of the concept of healthcare value and how it can be increased, and is written primarily for people who pay for or manage health services. The focus for action is on the top ten questions about value:How much money should we spend on healthcare? Is the money allocated forthe infrastructure that supports clinical care at a level which will maximise value?Have we distributed the ..."
"As the pressure on health services grows remorselessly, decisions about the use of scarce resources are becoming even more difficult to make. This book gives healthcare managers the facts, figures, skills and knowledge they need to make health care decisions based on research evidence. Features: * Explains how the evidence can be applied to health policy and management decisions for populations, rather than for individual patients * P ..."
"From back cover: Over two million health research papers are published each year, making it impossible for health care workers to keep up to date on current knowledge. Reviews are needed to provide manageable information on whcih decisions on health policy, and individual treatment, can be based. But how can the quality of these reviews be judges.
The report of a systematic review, like a primary research paper, contains clear desc ..."
Man Against Disease Preventive Medicine (Opus Books) by MuirGray, Ph.D. Gray Paperback, 102 Pages, Published 1979 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-289127-3, ISBN: 0-19-289127-8
"The contributors to this book, most of them GPs, provide practical information for the doctor faced with the epidemic of behaviourally determined disease which characterizes developed societies."
"A guide to evidence-based decision making for healthcare, medical and nurse managers. New edition of a highly praised and successful book in one of the hottest areas of medicine. Covers the vital areas for healthcare managers - finding and appraising evidence and developing the capacity of individuals and organisations to use evidence. Pressure on healthcare services is growing - this book will be indispensable for managers making diffi ..."
"Contrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformly excellent health care is not lack of money but lack of knowledge -- on the part of both doctors and patients. The studies in this book show that many doctors and most patients do not understand the available medical evidence. Both patients and doctors are "risk illiterate" -- frequently unable to t ..."
"Spectacular advances in therapeutic medicine have not diminished the need for prevention, and there is widespread acknowledgment that avoidance of disability and premature death often depends on prevention rather than cure. There is also recognition that family practice has a key role to play in this, because of the opportunities it provides for influencing the future well-being of large numbers of individuals. Since the first edition o ..."
"In this second edition, many new chapters have been added to address the evolving health care concerns of elderly persons. These chapters examine the objectives of geriatric medicine and its ethical dilemmas; the aging mind and its effects on family members and physicians; and the organization of effective geriatric health care services. The book continues to provide a comprehensive reference for all those who see, treat and support the ..."
Better Health in Retirement by MuirGray Paperback, 107 Pages, Published 1982 by Age Concern England ISBN-13: 978-0-86242-013-0, ISBN: 0-86242-013-X
Football Injuries(Updated) by MuirGray Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1982 by Hodder Arnold H&S ISBN-13: 978-0-7131-0848-4, ISBN: 0-7131-0848-7