Handbook of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine

Dr Peter Cockcroft, Clinical lecturer, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.Dr Mark Holmes, Senior lecturer in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.The authors are responsible for devising and teaching an EBVM course at the veterinary school at Cambridge.

• Preface. Acknowledgements.1. Introduction.2. Turning Information Needs into Questions.3. Sources of Information.4. Searching for Evidence.5. Research Studies.6. Appraising the Evidence.7. Diagnosis.8. Clinical Diagnostic Decision Support (CDDSSs).9. Decision Analysis, Models and Economics as Evidence.10. EBVM: Education and Future Needs.Glossary.Bibliography.Answers to Review Questions.Index

"It addresses an emerging topic, which has 'been around' in human medicine for several years. The topic has yet to be taken up widely in veterinary medicine." "I would suspect that most US veterinary school libraries would purchase a copy as well as the obvious UK market."Mike Thrusfield, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh."An overview of this topic is timely, especially as it is forming part of the undergraduate curriculum."John Innes, Orthopaedic Specialist, University of Bristol. "An interesting and understandable presentation introducing the relatively novel concept of EBVM." Lab Animal News (US)