TY - BOOK AU - Lockwood,Craig AU - White,Sarahlouise ED - Joanna Briggs Institute. TI - Synthesizing descriptive evidence T2 - [Synthesis science in healthcare] SN - 9781469813332 U1 - 610.723 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Systematic reviews (Medical research) KW - Meta-analysis KW - UK eLD e-books KW - IeDuTC KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) N2 - Descriptive evidence is considered case reports, case-series reports, and cross sectional and surveillance studies. They are often the foundation of other forms of evidence and are used to help build the knowledge base in policy and practice. This book will teach you to assess critically appraised descriptive evidence for validity and applicability UR - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=n&CSC=Y&PAGE=booktext&D=books&AN=01607890$&XPATH=/PG(0)&EPUB=Y ER -