Prognosis and Outcomes in Surgical Disease
Year: 2001
Type: book-review
Abstract: This book represents Ben Eiseman’s career-long effort to focus clinicians on the use outcome assessment to formulate treatment strategies. Over 150 common surgical problems have been researched by credible surgical experts and are addressed in easily interpretable algorithms. Items that drive decision making are clearly identified and treatment options are listed with their comparative outcomes. The annotated text provides insight into the experts reasoning and personal biases. Often-quoted references are included.
I highly recommend this book for several reasons. In this era of information overload, it is impossible for a busy clinician to keep up. This book offers easy access to determine how new information has changed conventional surgical wisdom. Additionally, now more than ever, physicians are being asked by a host of individuals who lack clinical perspective (e.g., hospital administrators, insurance companies, the government) to provide the rationale for their decisions. This book provides the clinical perspective of those who best understand surgical diseases and the evidence based nature of the information it provides is difficult to refute. This book would also be an invaluable educational tool to quickly access adequacy of trainee’s knowledge on topics commonly found on board certification examinations. Finally, it is comparatively inexpensive ($85.00).
Source: Annals of Surgery
Author: FREDERICK A. MOORE
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1967675884