books about: evidence-based

books about: evidence-based

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Evidence-based

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger Syndrome (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)

Valerie L. Gaus

The Guilford Press, 2007

Are you an Aspie?
I find it hard to believe there is only one review for this book! I am an undiagnosed Aspie and I found this book to be beyond belief. OK, I haven't read the whole book and I've started about 5 others on AS. I guess it comes with the territory. What I am ...

Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes

Natalie Rathvon

The Guilford Press, 2008

A core and seminal addition to professional and academic library Educational Studies & Practices reference collections
No one contests the premise that education is the bedrock upon which the economic future of the American nation is founded. What varies among contesting views on education are what strategies and approaches are best to maximize student academic performance. Now in an ...

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care (Nursing Diagnosis Handbook)

Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig

Mosby, 2007

Don't go to nursing school without it!
I have the 7th edition which was in our required book list for school. It is one of the only books I have used every semester, and I'm sure I'll use it in this last semester. I couldn't have done my evidence based papers or nursing care plans without it.

Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based ...
Lizabeth Roemer, Susan M. Orsillo

The Guilford Press, 2008

Accessible and practical, this book provides a unified framework for integrating acceptance and mindfulness into cognitive-behavioral practice. The authors interweave elements of acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, mindfulness-based relapse prevention, and dialectical behavior therapy. They demonstrate how to ...

Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Another thought provoking work from Pfeffer
I've been an avid Pfeffer fan since 'Resource Dependency', so am inclined to give him 5 stars for anything he writes. The main themes in here are extremely thought provoking and are great for jogging one's brain to think thorough one's management assumptions. A ...

Low Back Disorders: Evidence-based Prevention and Rehabilitation

Stuart McGill

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007

Mostly NOT a book for the layman.
Some other reviewers have (directly or indirectly) made it clear that this book is primarily for researchers, doctors, and other health-care professionals, but I would like to re-state this as clearly and emphatically as possible, as some buyers may be seriously misled ...

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice
This is an excellent resource for nurses in all clinical settings who are interested in providing evidence-based care... makes the research process user-friendly especially for first-timers.

Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

Simon Singh, Edzard Ernst

W. W. Norton, 2008

Excellent and fair investigation
This is a hot topic. There are a lot of current books addressing this subject including Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Healing, Hype, or Harm?: A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative Medicine (Societas) and ...

Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff

Jim Johnson

Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2007

Well, it worked
I hurt my rotator cuffs doing some bag work. I waited a long time (I'm a guy) to go into an ortho. He gave me the advice to work on my posture, lose weight and a photocopy of some exercises to do. Told me that how I injured myself didn't matter, fixing it was what ...

The Medical Science of House, M.D.

Andrew Holtz

Berkley Trade, 2006

Is House MD fact or fiction?
I've worked in the medical field for about 10 years now and two of the doctors I work with are fans of the show. One states that it's much more realistic than ER in terms of how medicine and doctors are portrayed. I love the show myself, and the book dovetails nicely ...

The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based ...
Jacqueline B. Persons

The Guilford Press, 2008

This eagerly awaited book shows how skillful case formulation addresses a critical challenge in psychotherapy today: how to use empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains the basic theories of cognition, learning, and emotion that underlie available ESTs and shows how the theories also guide ...

Computer Forensics For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Linda Volonino, Reynaldo Anzaldua

For Dummies, 2008

Demystifying computer forensics
If you use a computer, you probably know that there is an electronic trail that follows you, and that the trail potentially lasts forever and can cause serious legal problems. This book demystifies how computer forensics is performed, what to do if you are ever in ...

Evidence-Based Technical Analysis: Applying the Scientific Method and Statistical Inference to Trading Signals

David R Aronson

Wiley, 2006

TA as a scientific endeavor, it's about time!!
EBTA is a great book for any technical analysis (TA) based trading system developer. This book attempts to put technical analysis on a more rigorous scientific footing that will allow it to flourish as an empirical science. As I see it, this book makes two main ...

Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice

Nancy Burns, Susan K. Grove

Saunders, 2006

More information in this book than in class
This book is well written, contains everything a nurse would want regarding critiqueing either a qualitative research paper or a qualitative research study. it is a plus for any professional's library.

Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach

Chad Cook

Prentice Hall, 2006

A Comprehensive Book
This book is a great resource for both the novice and experienced orthopedic manual therapist. The most updated evidence is provided in a nice summary that is reader-friendly. The pictures are large and detailed with step-by-step instructions of "how to" perform ...