Evidence-Based Chiropractic Practice
by Michael T. Haneline, DC, MPH
Associate Professor, Palmer College of Chiropractic West, San Jose, CA

Evidence-based chiropractic (EBC) is a process of actively seeking support for and improvement of clinical practice through the integration of the best available research evidence; combined with the practitioner’s clinical expertise and the patient’s values. Research evidence does not supersede clinical decision making in EBC, rather it enhances the knowledge and skills of the practitioner to produce better patient care.

Evidence-based Chiropractic Practice offers valuable information to help healthcare practitioners and students care for their patients as effectively and efficiently as possible. This essential book informs readers about the procedures involved in the practice of evidence-based chiropractic care, and provides background information that is necessary for obtaining and interpreting chiropractic evidence, as well as practical examples to assist with implementation. The book also offers important information on understanding the content of research articles, including the basics of research design and diostatistics—information that is vital to optimal patient care.

Key features of Evidence-based Chiropractic Practice:

• Contains helpful tools, such as checklists and questionnaires and forms that are necessary to fully implement an evidence-based chiropractic practice.
• Presents material in a logical sequence using simple, easy-to-understand terminology to maximize comprehension.
• Offers several examples from journal articles, as well as hypothetical examples, to introduce complex concepts in a simplified manner.
• Contains references to additional information.
• Designed to help practitioners and student better understand and interpret the content of research articles.

From the foreword by Dr. John J. Triano:

The future of Chiropractic depends on the ability to articulate its effective role in guiding and managing patients. The toolbox provided in this work is essential to accurate interaction with patients, payers, and policy makers responding to critics and working to keep the system honest for the future. These tools are as valuable as learning the next adjusting technique or examination procedure for casting the success of practic in defensible terms. Each of us now carries that charge.

453 pages, softcover

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