TY - BOOK ID - 7615455 TI - Difficult decisions in thoracic surgery : an evidence-based approach PY - 2011 SN - 1849963649 9786613087447 1849964920 1283087448 PB - London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Chest -- Surgery -- Decision making. KW - Chest -- Surgery. KW - Decision making. KW - Evidence-based medicine. KW - Thoracic surgical -- Procedures. KW - Evidence-Based Practice KW - Thinking KW - Surgical Procedures, Operative KW - Clinical Medicine KW - Medicine KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Health Occupations KW - Mental Processes KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Psychological Phenomena and Processes KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - Decision Making KW - Thoracic Surgical Procedures KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Procedure, Thoracic Surgical KW - Procedures, Thoracic Surgical KW - Surgical Procedure, Thoracic KW - Surgical Procedures, Thoracic KW - Thoracic Surgical Procedure KW - Decision Making, Shared KW - Decision Makings, Shared KW - Making, Shared Decision KW - Makings, Shared Decision KW - Shared Decision Making KW - Shared Decision Makings KW - Medicine, Evidence-Based KW - Evidence Based Medicine KW - Medicine, Evidence Based KW - Psychologic Processes and Principles KW - Human Information Processing KW - Information Processing, Human KW - Health Professions KW - Health Occupation KW - Health Profession KW - Occupation, Health KW - Occupations, Health KW - Profession, Health KW - Professions, Health KW - Medical Specialities KW - Medical Specialties KW - Medical Specialty KW - Specialities, Medical KW - Specialties, Medical KW - Specialty, Medical KW - Medical Speciality KW - Speciality, Medical KW - Medicine, Clinical KW - Ghost Surgery KW - Operative Procedures KW - Operative Surgical Procedure KW - Operative Surgical Procedures KW - Procedure, Operative Surgical KW - Procedures, Operative Surgical KW - Surgery, Ghost KW - Surgical Procedure, Operative KW - Operative Procedure KW - Procedure, Operative KW - Procedures, Operative KW - Critical Thinking KW - Thinking Skills KW - Thinking Skill KW - Thinking, Critical KW - Evidence Based Health Care Management KW - Evidence Based Healthcare Management KW - Evidence Based Management, Health Care KW - Evidence Based Management, Healthcare KW - Evidence-Based Healthcare KW - Evidence-Based Health Care KW - Evidence Based Health Care KW - Evidence Based Healthcare KW - Evidence Based Practice KW - Evidence-Based Health Cares KW - Evidence-Based Healthcares KW - Health Care, Evidence-Based KW - Health Cares, Evidence-Based KW - Healthcare, Evidence-Based KW - Healthcares, Evidence-Based KW - Medicine. KW - Surgery. KW - Thoracic surgery. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Thoracic Surgery. KW - General Surgery. KW - Thoracic surgery KW - Thoracic surgeons KW - Surgery, Primitive KW - Chest UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7615455 AB - The second edition of Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence- Based Approach addresses the growing complexity of decision making in thoracic surgery. More than half of the clinical questions posed in this book are new, and of the questions that remain as holdovers from the previous edition, virtually all have been revised and updated. As new technology is introduced, physicians from nonsurgical specialties offer alternative and competing therapies for what was once the exclusive province of the thoracic surgeon. In addition, there is increasing knowledge regarding the efficacy of traditional thoracic surgical therapies. How to select among these varied and complex approaches is becoming increasingly difficult. Concise chapters are devoted to one or two specific questions, or decisions, in general thoracic surgery that are difficult or controversial. The authors identify relevant publications in their selected topics, grade the quality of the evidence offered by those reports, apply that knowledge to objective management recommendations in an idealized world, and then comment on how they personally use the information in their own clinical practices. The book is a valuable reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators. ER -